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Man's body found at foot of beauty spot

A Shropshire man was found at the foot of a beauty spot a few miles from his home.

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Chirk Aqueduct

At an inquest hearing in Ruthin Kate Robertson, assistant coroner for North Wales East and Central, recorded a conclusion of suicide on 58-year-old Arthur Graham Roberts,whose body was found below Chirk aqueduct on August 7 last year.

Mr Roberts, from Gobowen near Oswestry was a director of Quad Fuels.

The coroner read a statement from Louise Dagnall who described how she and her husband were walking along the canal towpath that morning and when he stopped to chat to another man she looked down and spotted Mr Roberts lying face down.

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