Man's body found on beach

North Wales Police have launched an investigation

Police have begun an investigation after a man's badly decomposed body was found washed up on a beach in north Wales.

A member of the public found the body at 1500 GMT on Saturday at Porth Towyn beach, Tudweiliog, near Pwllheli, on the Llyn peninsula.

Initially North Wales Police said the body was so badly decomposed they do not know if it was of a man or woman.

They said the man's body had been in the water for up to a month and he was believed to have been no older than 40-years-old and between 5ft 7in and 5ft 9in tall.

The body was moved from the beach and taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd, in Bangor.

North Wales Police are liaising with other police forces in an attempt to find his identity.