Man's body found on derelict building site off busy Coventry shopping street

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Police recovered the body of a 30-year-old man but his death is not being treated as suspicious



The body of a man was found in a residential street in Coventry yesterday.

Police were called to Blackwell Road, Foleshill, at about 2.50pm on Saturday and recovered the body of a 30-year-old man.

Police said the man’s body was found in a patch of wasteland next to a redundant building site on the corner of Foleshill Road.

The death, which is not being treated as suspicious, has now been referred to the coroner.

Khalil Hussain, was working at an Indian restaurant opposite when he heard the news.

The chef said: "I was working here and somebody shouted 'police outside!'

"I said 'what's happened? and he said 'across the road, one house they seen the body in the field'.

"We went outside and lots of people was there."

The body was seen from the window of a detached house in Blackwell Road overlooking the building site.

A girl at the address said her sister had spotted the body.

She added: "It was really shocking, I honestly didn't look because I didn't want to see."

A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “We were called to Blackwell Road, Foleshill, Coventry, at around 2.50pm on Saturday, October 22, following reports that a body had been found.

“The body of a 30-year-old man was recovered from the location.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious and has been referred to the coroner."