Ref. 30776-6THE BODY of a 16-year-old girl has been found in the grounds of a children's mental health hospital in Old Town.
Police were called to Marlborough House at Okus at 7.30am on Saturday and cordoned off the entrance.
Officers removed the body at about 11.30am after a forensic sweep of the area and are not looking for anyone else in connection with the death.
Police say the girl's family has been informed and a post mortem examination was expected to take place soon.
Christopher Rudman, 46, who lives opposite the hospital, said the girl was found hanging from a tree near a wall.
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