An inquest has been opened into the death of an unknown man who washed ashore in Brighton last month.
The man’s body was brought ashore from the water’s edge at Rottingdean on Sunday 11 October, the inquest heard yesterday (Tuesday 10 November).
The hearing was told that the man’s name was unknown as was his age.
He is understood to have had at least one tattoo that might help efforts to establish his identity.
Paramedics and police attended the scene where the man was pronounced dead.
Forensic pathologist David Wright carried out port-mortem tests and said that the provisional cause of death was drowning.
At the West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Coroner’s Court, in Horsham, the coroner Catherine Turtle opened and adjourned the inquest.
She directed that “efforts continue to identify this gentleman through the police and local services”.
The next hearing is due to take place on Tuesday 8 June next year at Horsham.
