Police identify man whose body was found in River Nene in Peterborough on Monday morning

Police have formally identified a man whose body was recovered from the River Nene in Peterborough on Monday morning (July 20).

At around 8am on Monday morning, emergency services were called to Town Bridge after receiving reports that a body could be seen in the River Nene.

Sadly, the body of a man was recovered from the river.

A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson confirmed that the body has now been formally identified and the man's next of kin have been informed.

The spokesperson added that the death is currently being treated as unexplained and the file will be passed on to the coroner.

Yesterday (Tuesday, July 21), police said that they believe that the man may have been in the water since Sunday evening (July 19).

Anyone with information which may assist the investigation is asked to contact police on 101 quoting incident 94 of July 20.