Body found

A SEARCH for a missing Claudy man came to a tragic end yesterday when his body was found in the River Foyle.

Richard McCall, 28, was last seen on December 30 after he left Claudy at about 7am to get a bus to work at B and Q on Londonderry's Buncrana Road.

Mr McCall never arrived at work and was last seen walking out of the bus depot on Foyle Street.

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The police carried out a number of searches on the ground and by helicopter but failed to find Mr McCall, until a member of the public yesterday spotted his body near Fort George.

A PSNI spokeswoman confirmed that the body was found early yesterday by a member of the public who alerted police.

She also confirmed that the deceased had been identified as Mr McCall.

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