Man's body recovered from beauty spot

Hangman's Woods was cordoned off after the body was found

The body of a man has been found at a beauty spot.

Essex Police said it was recovered from Hangman's Woods in Grays earlier this week.

The force received a call shortly after 14:00 BST on Tuesday by someone who thought they had seen a body in deneholes at the site off Stanford Road.

Det Insp Lydia George said: "A forensic post-mortem examination took place yesterday, where it was confirmed the remains are those of an adult man."

Deneholes are ancient chalk caves which were used as mines in medieval times.