The body of a middle-aged man was washed up on the beach at Rottingdean yesterday afternoon.
It was spotted by an Ovingdean resident shortly after 3pm.
Derek Ketteridge said: "I was getting a breath of air when I saw what looked like a body. The police came about ten minutes later."
Coastguards said the body had not been in the water long and police were investigating.
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