New undated handout photo issued by Hampshire Constabulary of Richard Morris. Police have issued new photos of the diplomat who has been missing for three weeks. Richard Morris left his home in the Hampshire village of Bentley, near Farnham, at 10.30am on
Officers searching for a missing diplomat have located a body.
Hampshire Constabulary says that its investigation into the disappearance of Richard Morris from Bentley have today found a body in Alice Holt Forest.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, but the 52-year-old’s family have been notified.
They are being supported by specialist officers.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.
As reported, Mr Morris - who was UK ambassador to Nepal until last year - was last seen on the morning of May 6, after leaving to go running from his home in Bentley near Farnham.
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