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04/05/2004
Body washed up on beach may be cockler
A badly decomposed body discovered on a beach in Morecambe Bay in Lancashire may be that of another drowned cockler.
Police have not ruled out the possibility that the body washed up near Bolton-le-Sands may be that of another cockler drowned in February's tragedy when a party of Chinese cockle pickers were trapped on the sands by a rising tide.
The bodies of 20 Chinese cockle pickers were subsequently recovered from the scene.
Police said that one of the lines of inquiry was that the body was that of another of the group of cocklers caught on the sands in February's tragedy.
The body has yet to be fully examined by a forensic pathologist and the person's identity has not been established.
(SP)
Police have not ruled out the possibility that the body washed up near Bolton-le-Sands may be that of another cockler drowned in February's tragedy when a party of Chinese cockle pickers were trapped on the sands by a rising tide.
The bodies of 20 Chinese cockle pickers were subsequently recovered from the scene.
Police said that one of the lines of inquiry was that the body was that of another of the group of cocklers caught on the sands in February's tragedy.
The body has yet to be fully examined by a forensic pathologist and the person's identity has not been established.
(SP)
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