Body recovered from sea off Isle of Wight coast by lifeboat crew

A body has been recovered from the sea off the Isle of Wight.

The RNLI said the crew of a Brittany Ferry reported seeing a person in the water on Sunday at 16:30 GMT.

A search by the coastguard helicopter and RNLI lifeboat was carried out near the main shipping channel south-east of Bembridge.

Bembridge RNLI said the body was recovered by 19:45 on to their boat after being spotted by the helicopter crew.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said: “Officers are working to ascertain the identity of the person and how they came to be in the water.

“The death is being treated as unexplained at this time.”

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