Body of missing Brixham fisherman found after boat sinks

Police have recovered the body of a fisherman who went missing after a boat capsized in the English Channel.

The body of 26-year-old Adam Harper, from Brixham, was found by divers among the wreck of the Joanna C on 23 November.

His family have been informed while fellow fisherman Robert Morley, 38, from Pembrokeshire, remains missing.

Both were on board the Joanna C, a fishing trawler based in Brixham harbour, when a distress call was made whilst it was sailing off Newhaven in East Sussex.

Skipper Dave Bickerstaff, 34, was found clinging to a lifebuoy and rescued by the Newhaven lifeboat. He is recovering in hospital.

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