Ian Brown once famously said that 'Manchester has everything except a beach'. He could have also added that we don't have any outdoor pools or lidos anymore - but that's not quite as succinct.
30.05.2023 - 18:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man was tragically found dead in a park less than 500 metres from where he was reported missing a week before.
John Winterton's body had been discovered by police in a wooded area of Wythenshawe Park on August 25 2021, surrounded by heartbreaking handwritten letters to his family.
The 26-year-old had been reported missing six days before by his partner, Brittany Bennett, after he had failed to return home from a night at his sister’s house. His disappearance sparked a major police investigation before his body was eventually found.
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An inquest at Manchester Coroner’s Court today (May 30) heard that John been to stay at his sister Victoria’s house, on nearby Sale Road, on the evening of August 17, 2021. He spent the night there, where he drank alcohol and smoked cannabis.
However the following morning, on August 18, his sister and dad - also called John - noticed the back door was ajar and that he was no longer in bed.
In a statement read out to court, his sister said John was his ‘normal self’ and ‘did not seem out of character’ that evening and that he had drunk alcohol and smoked ‘a couple of joints’. She added that he had been making plans to help her clean her garden and take his niece and nephew to Trafford Park the following week.
The court heard that he went to bed at around 3.30am on August 18. At 5.27am, his sister woke up and noticed the back door was slightly open and closed it before going back to sleep.
Later that morning, at between 10am and 11am, his sister and dad noticed John’s bike was still there but that he had gone.
The 26-year-old, who lived on Yew Tree Lane in Wythenshawe, was reported as missing by girlfriend Brittany the
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