Can you help?

Exactly three months after a man’s body was located at Eastney East Battery on Southsea Esplanade, we’re re-appealing for the public’s help to identify him.

We were called at 6.30pm on Boxing Day (Thursday, 26 December), to a report that the body had been found.

Officers attended to examine the scene and to allow for the body to be recovered.

The death is not being treated as suspicious, however extensive enquiries have not yet assisted us in identifying the man.

He has been described as:

Policer Staff Investigator Sam Bird said: “We’ve carried out extensive enquiries in the last three months to identify this man, but lines of enquiry and forensic opportunities have not assisted this process. We want to be able to update the man’s family and friends, but need the public’s help to do so.

“Based on his possessions, especially the house key and key ring from a local garage we believe the man could have been a local resident, rather than having travelled here from elsewhere in the country. Do you know of a friend or neighbour that hasn’t been seen since Christmas who could be this man?

“We’re releasing images today of the area in which he was found and items of his clothing that could help to jog people’s memory.”

If you recognise the description of this man, or think you might know who he is, please contact us as soon as possible on by calling 101 quoting reference 44240560403 or submit information via our website at https://www.hampshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/.