THE death of a man whose body was recovered off the Harwich coast is not being treated as suspicious.

A body was found and recovered five miles off the Harwich coast last Tuesday.

The Harwich RNLI all weather lifeboat recovered the body shortly before 10.30am and brought it back to the lifeboat station before it was taken away in a private ambulance.

An Essex Police spokesman said the death was not being treated as suspicious.