Body of man found in rubbish van

The body of a man has been found in the back of a refuse lorry at a waste site in East Sussex.

Police are trying to identify the victim following the discovery at Sussex Waste Recycling Ltd in North Quay Road, Newhaven, at 0704 BST.

Sussex Police said officers remained at the scene in an effort to establish what had happened.

A post-mortem examination has been carried out to determine how the man, aged about 30, died.

The results are expected to be released later.

'Rubbish searched'

Dave Ely, who is a director of the firm which trades as Rabbit, said: "This particular dustcart was owned by a third party company which had a load of black bin waste from the Brighton area.

"After it left, staff started looking through the waste and one of them saw what he thought was a body.

"At that point the police were alerted and that is as much as we know.

"We have no idea when the vehicle collected the waste, whether it was over the weekend or some time last week."

Furniture maker, Marc Fish, 38, who works opposite the site, said: "I got in at 7am and there was an ambulance just leaving and there were two police cars at the front entrance.

"I came up the stairs and I saw a policeman standing inside the yard.

"Various people have arrived as the day has gone on. At about 11am scenes of crime officers arrived and we have also seen officers in blue suits and dust masks go in."