Police have retrieved the body of a middle-aged man from the sea near Worthing Pier.
The body was spotted floating east of the pier yesterday afternoon It was brought ashore opposite the Warnes Hotel car park in Steyne Gardens.
The body was believed to be that of a man in his late forties from Littlehampton.
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances. A spokesman said the dead man was not the person washed off Brighton Pier during gales at the end of last week.
The coroner has been informed and an inquest will be held.
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