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Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower

UK's longest serving police chief found dead days after retiring 'missed the job'

A top police officer found dead just two weeks after he retired had been “missing the job”, according to his crestfallen neighbours.

Former Leicestershire Police Chief Constable Simon Cole, 55, was discovered dead at his home in Kibworth Harcourt, Leics, on Wednesday morning.

His cause of death has not been confirmed, but it is believed he took his own life as the case was referred to the coroner.

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