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Australian police find body in search for Briton Aslan King

Tuesday, 26th November 2019

Australian police say they have discovered a man's body as they continued looking for missing British man Aslan King.

The body is yet to be officially distinguished; however, police say they trust it is King, who has been absent in the province of Victoria since Saturday.

King, 25, vanished after enduring a speculated seizure during an outdoors trip close to the town of Princetown.

An artist from Brighton, he migrated to Australia two weeks prior.

Victoria Police said the body was found on Tuesday in a river almost an outdoors ground where King most recently saw.

Recently, specialists said Mr King had been with four companions when he hit his head on the ground about 02:00 nearby time on Saturday (15:00 GMT Friday) and endured a "therapeutic scene".

King had then all of a sudden run into encompassing bushland and may have been "bewildered and become lost", they included.

Search teams had scoured the site, situated close to the Twelve Apostles waterfront visitor site, since Sunday.

Officials said the hunt was troublesome on account of the thick vegetation, rough clifftops and deep beachfront waters in the district.

A report will be set up for the coroner, police said.

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