Inquest opens into death of missing Wigan man found in the canal
An inquest has opened into the death of a Wigan man whose body was found in the canal almost a month after his disappearance.
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Police, along with family and friends, appealed for help to find Peter Curphey, the last confirmed sighting of whom had been on March 16.
Sadly, emergency services were called to a report of a body in the canal close to Horton Street, Wigan, on Monday April 11.
And it was later identified to be that of Mr Curphey.