Police have confirmed the body of a man discovered in Old Buckenham was that of cancer doctor Nadeera De Silva.

The 34-year-old was reported missing from his home address in the nearby hamlet of Stacksford on Monday, March 7 and his body was discovered off Doe Lane by a member of the public on Thursday, March 10

Police say a post-mortem examination has proved inconclusive and further tests will now be carried out.

Officers are not treating the death as suspicious at this time and a file will be prepared for the coroner in due course.

Dr De Silva was a clinical researcher at the MRC Cancer Unit linked to the University of Cambridge and a honorary specialist at Cambridge University Hospitals.

He lived off a private road in Stacksford.