A DJ has issued an emotional plea to the public for information after his brother was found dead at sea.

A person was spotted in the water opposite the east side of Widewater Lagoon between Lancing and Shoreham on October 30.

Police and coastguard teams were called to the scene just after 1.30pm and the body was later confirmed to be 54-year-old Tim Wall, who lived in Broadway in Lancing.

Tim’s younger brother Mike Wall, a DJ and producer known as Wax Worx, is appealing for any information regarding Tim’s movements before he died.

The 43-year-old from Henfield said: “Right now I just want to appeal to anyone in the local area for information as to whether they saw him that day, or in the few days running up to October 30.

“It breaks my heart I was unable to help him in these last few months.”

Mike’s wife Elen Wall, a DJ manager and controller on electronic music station Data Transmission Radio, known professionally as Sacha, said her husband had been “deeply distressed” by his brother’s death.

The Argus: Mike Wall and his wife Elen Wall, known professionally as SachaMike Wall and his wife Elen Wall, known professionally as Sacha

She said: “The most important thing right now is to honour Tim and make sure his death is investigated properly. We don’t know what happened.

“We have set up a support group on Facebook for everyone who loves Mike and Tim. No one wanted to see that happen to him.”

Mike said Tim had suffered with his mental health and that the first lockdown earlier this year had “really accentuated things”.

The DJ had idolised his older brother growing up and said Tim helped nurture his love of music, including taking him to see Madness when he was just three years old.

The pair also shared many adventures travelling around the world together.

Mike said: “I wanted to be just like him. He looked after me and loved me in the best way a big brother could.

“When I was 17 we sadly lost our dad. That same year we set off and travelled together... three years in New Zealand and Australia, backpacking around, surfing every day and partying every night.

“We shared so many magical moments and our fair share of scrapes too. We could not have been any closer. We even have the same tattoo on our backsides.”

Tim had previously worked with young people in children’s homes and with unaccompanied asylum seekers at the Asphaleia charity’s base in Worthing.

Mike said: “He gave his all in his work with looking after young people, always going the extra mile to do anything he could to help them and his colleagues.

“He also knew how to let his hair down and party, always wanting to make sure others were having as good a time as him.”

A spokesman for Sussex Police said Tim’s death is not being treated as suspicious and an inquest will be held in due course.

A funeral will be held for Tim at The Gordon Chapel in Worthing on Friday at noon. Anyone who knew him can share their memories on his tribute page and on a memorial page on Facebook.

The support group for friends of Tim and Mike is here.