A body has been pulled from the sea six nautical miles off the shore of Portland, Dorset.

The body was spotted yesterday (December 10) by the crew of a small fishing boat.

A lifeboat from Swanage was launched at 10:24am to assist.

The sighting was confirmed by the UK coastguard helicopter, which was also also tasked with attending the incident.

According to the RNLI, the lifeboat made good speed to the area and recovered what it described as a casualty from the water before making their way to Portland Port, where the casualty was transferred.

The lifeboat returned to sea to perform further searches with a Weymouth lifeboat and the UK coastguard aircraft to check for further casulties.

The crews stood down at 1:57pm after being satisfied that no one else was in the water.

This is where the body was found
This is where the body was found

The RNLI report that the weather was fined and visibility was good during the search.

The Dorset Echo report police received a call at 9.03am from the coastguard that a body had been found in the water south east of Portland Bill.

Police were trying to identify the person on Tuesday but the death is not being treated as suspicious.

The coroner has also been notified.

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