BODY CASH DEMAND

Brits who found decomposing

A BRITISH couple who discovered a man’s decomposing body in Menorca are planning to sue the island’s local authorities for not cleaning the beach earlier.

Emma and Lee Brogden, of Northumberland, had their BalearIcs break ‘absolutely spoiled’ after she discovered a decomposing corpse in the surf at Arenal den Castell beach during her morning run.

The couple is now demanding £2,000 compensation, as they believe it was because of the local authority's ‘negligence’ that Emma found the body.

“Emma went for a run around 6.40am but it seems beaches are not cleaned until 7am. They should do this earlier, around 6am, before any tourist arrives,” Lee concluded.

“She first thought it was a giant jellyfish floating in the waves but when she had a closer look, she realised it was

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a dead body,” Lee told the Olive Press. He insisted: “Emma saw that he still had a watch on his arm and was wearing a pair

GRIM FIND: The of combat shorts. One side of the body was eaten away, probably by fish, you could see the leg bones and his skin was completely blue, so he must have been in the sea for days.”

In shock, Emma ran back to