Ian Clenahan

At this point, police say they have more questions.

At this point, police say they have more questions.

My name's Ian Clenahan. I was the original officer who was allocated the investigation initially when the body was brought to shore.

My name's Ian Clenahan. I was the original officer who was allocated the investigation initially when the body was brought to shore.

It was one of my first jobs that I picked up, yeah. It came through that a body had been trawled up and could I go down to commence investigations into trying to find out who he was and the circumstances behind it.

It was one of my first jobs that I picked up, yeah. It came through that a body had been trawled up and could I go down to commence investigations into trying to find out who he was and the circumstances behind it.

There was nothing that kind of smacked me in the face as being, this is suspicious. He had the watch on, so that would kind of rule out a robbery. There was a cut on his head. But when you consider what he's just been through, he's been dragged along, you know, the bottom of a seabed. And he was fairly clean other than that. There was no signs of him being involved in an altercation.

There was nothing that kind of smacked me in the face as being, this is suspicious. He had the watch on, so that would kind of rule out a robbery. There was a cut on his head. But when you consider what he's just been through, he's been dragged along, you know, the bottom of a seabed. And he was fairly clean other than that. There was no signs of him being involved in an altercation.

You know, his shirt was tucked into his trousers. It was all, he was all neat. So you think, OK, well, I don't know what the cause of death is, so that will be ascertained in due course.

You know, his shirt was tucked into his trousers. It was all, he was all neat. So you think, OK, well, I don't know what the cause of death is, so that will be ascertained in due course.

Because obviously that would be a case as well if your husband or brother, son, whatever, never came home.

Because obviously that would be a case as well if your husband or brother, son, whatever, never came home.

Well, old-fashioned detective work. So you start by going through all the missing persons listed in the Devon and Cornwall police, and you try and rule those out, and then you go further afield, and you look at missing persons in the south-west, then you go further afield and look at missing persons in the south.

Well, old-fashioned detective work. So you start by going through all the missing persons listed in the Devon and Cornwall police, and you try and rule those out, and then you go further afield, and you look at missing persons in the south-west, then you go further afield and look at missing persons in the south.

This is the description of the guy, this is what he was wearing.

This is the description of the guy, this is what he was wearing.

Has anyone got any information that may help us identify the man?

Has anyone got any information that may help us identify the man?

But no, we didn't get anything, so it was never going to be easy. We contacted ferries.

But no, we didn't get anything, so it was never going to be easy. We contacted ferries.