Consultant found dead on island

Christopher Walker had lived in Sweden for seven years

The body of missing British consultant Christopher Walker has been found on a remote Swedish island.

Detectives are waiting for the results of a post mortem to find out how he died.

Mr Walker, 33, whose family live in Cambridge, was last heard from in March.

Since then police in Sweden have been attempting to trace Mr Walker without success.

Mr Walker's family have been frustrated by the police inquiry

On Wednesday, Chief Inspector Christer Thornefall, of Swedish Police, told BBC News Online the body was badly decomposed when it was found in woods on an island off the coast of Sweden, near Stockholm.

He said a rucksack was found nearby containing Mr Walker's identification card and a newspaper dated 15 April, close to the date he was reported missing.

Mr Thornefall said the island was not on a regular ferry route and no abandoned boats have been discovered.

"We don't understand how the person came to the island or when he was going to leave," he said.

Family concern

Inspector Russell Waterston, of Cambridgeshire Police, said on Wednesday: "I can confirm that the body has been formally identified as Christopher Walker.

"The cause of death has not yet been confirmed."

Mr Walker's family had expressed concern Swedish police had refused to discuss details of their inquiries with his Swedish born mother Annette, 61, or his sisters Lotta and Anna.

Lotta gave up her job to try to find her brother, who had lived in Sweden for seven years and worked as a management consultant, copywriter and translator.

'Family person'

Mr Walker was last heard of on 24 March when he phoned his mother in Cambridge from Stockholm.

Before the body was found his sister Anna had complained about the lack of action from Swedish police.

"Because there is no direct evidence of a major crime the police don't seem to be taking it seriously," she said earlier this month.

She said: "He is not the type of bloke that would wander off. He's a family person and there's no obvious reason for him to have disappeared."