POLICE have launched a murder probe for a missing pensioner after linking the disappearance to the discovery of a 52-year-old man.

The 82-year-old Brian Wright was first reported missing on Thursday.

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Nottinghamshire Police said Mr Wright: “Remains missing but detectives have launched a homicide investigation after intelligence was received indicating he was deceased”.

The 52-year-old man’s body was found on Saturday morning in an outbuilding off the A1133 near Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Police are not treating his death as suspicious.