Human remains found at Salford reserve belonged to man dead ‘a matter of days’

Forensic officers recover a bike from near where human remains were discovered on 4 April in Kersal Wetlands. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images

Human remains found wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve in Greater Manchester are those of a man older than 40 and who had been dead for only a matter of days, police said.

A human torso was found on the Kersel Wetlands, former home of the Manchester racecourse, on Thursday evening, Greater Manchester police said.