A BODY was found hanged from a tree in the Middlewick Ranges, Colchester.

It is believed a group of teenagers found a man on Saturday afternoon.

A spokesman for the ambulance service confirmed an ambulance was sent but paramedics were unable to save him.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: “Police were called to a wooded area in Middlewick Ranges, Colchester shortly before 3pm on Saturday by members of the public.

“Officers attended and found the body of a man aged in his 60s.

“There were no suspicious circumstances and a report has been prepared for the coroner.”