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Body found in search for missing prisoner

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Cumbria Police said Josh Hosker was due to return to HMP Haverigg on 8 January

A body has been found in the search for a missing prisoner.

Josh Hosker, 43, did not return to HMP Haverigg on 8 January after attending a work duty commitment off-site, leading to a full search by Cumbria Police.

At about 14:05 GMT a body was found at Holme Knott, Sedbergh, following a call from a member of the public, the force said.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a formal identification is yet to take place.

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