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Body found in bushes near housing estate

Police have sealed off part of a housing estate after a body was discovered in bushes at Hook in Hampshire. The death is being treated as 'unexplained'.

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UPDATE: Body found in bushes was man in 50s

The road was closed earlier while forensic teams gathered evidence

Hampshire Police have confirmed that the body found in bushes by a roadside in Hook was that of a man in his 50's.

Officers were called to Griffin Way South close to junction 5 of the M3 at 8.30 this morning.

The road was closed for several hours as forensic investigators examined the scene. It has since been reopened.

Police have now said they are not treating the death as suspicious, but have sent a file to the coroner.

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