Officers searching for missing Washington man Lesley Barrass have found a body.
Lesley was last seen leaving the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead at about 6.50pm on Monday evening (March 27), when he spoke briefly to a member of his family on the phone. However, he failed to return to his Columbia home and officers subsequently launched an appeal for information.
Police since carried out a range of enquiries to locate Lesley, but a body was found in the Birtley Road area of Washington on Wednesday. Formal identification is yet to take place but officers to believe the body is that of Lesley.
