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| Brian Hughes: Kinmel Bay body is missing fisherman | Brian Hughes: Kinmel Bay body is missing fisherman |
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| The body of a man found on a Conwy county beach is that of missing fisherman Brian Hughes, police have confirmed. | The body of a man found on a Conwy county beach is that of missing fisherman Brian Hughes, police have confirmed. |
| The alarm for Mr Hughes, 66, was raised on Wednesday after his boat Susie Mo II failed to return to port. | The alarm for Mr Hughes, 66, was raised on Wednesday after his boat Susie Mo II failed to return to port. |
| Extensive air, sea and land searches were carried out over two days between Llandudno's Great Orme and Rhyl. | Extensive air, sea and land searches were carried out over two days between Llandudno's Great Orme and Rhyl. |
| Mr Hughes's body was discovered just before 17:30 BST on Sunday at Kinmel Bay. | Mr Hughes's body was discovered just before 17:30 BST on Sunday at Kinmel Bay. |
| Emergency services were alerted 12 hours after relatives last had contact with Mr Hughes, who was known as 'Bychan' and from Conwy. | |
| A life raft belonging to Mr Hughes's boat was found near Penmaenrhos on Wednesday and the search continued for several hours the next day. | |
| However, his boat - a 24ft (7.3m) fishing vessel - has not been found. | |
| The search was called off on Thursday. | |
| North Wales Police confirmed on Monday that the body discovered at Kinmel Bay has now been formally identified as Mr Hughes. |