Missing pub landlord's body found
A body recovered in the English Channel is that of missing pub landlord Malcolm Levesconte, police confirm.
31 December 2012
Last updated at 17:18 GMT
Malcolm Levesconte's body was found near Dover
Mr Levesconte disappeared on 9 December from the Royal Oak Pub in Shrewton. He took a ferry from Portsmouth to France but his arrival was never confirmed.
Police are investigating a theft from the pub's Christmas savings club.
A Wiltshire Police spokeswoman said forensic tests on the body confirmed it was Mr Levesconte.
"His next of kin have been informed [and] the death is being treated as non-suspicious," she said.
"A file will now be prepared by Wiltshire Police on behalf of the coroner."
Missing pub landlord Malcolm Levesconte's body found
Malcolm Levesconte's body was found near Dover
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body recovered from the English Channel on Christmas Eve is that of
missing landlord Malcolm Levesconte, detectives have confirmed.
Wiltshire Police were contacted by Kent Police after the body was discovered four miles from Dover on 24 December. Mr Levesconte disappeared on 9 December from the Royal Oak Pub in Shrewton. He took a ferry from Portsmouth to France but his arrival was never confirmed.
Police are investigating a theft from the pub's Christmas savings club.
A Wiltshire Police spokeswoman said forensic tests on the body confirmed it was Mr Levesconte.
"His next of kin have been informed [and] the death is being treated as non-suspicious," she said.
"A file will now be prepared by Wiltshire Police on behalf of the coroner."
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