Rugby player Henry Burke who was found dead in Bath’s River Avon had just been kicked out of club after ‘trying to break up fight’
His pals said the nineteen year old was kicked out of a club after stepping between two fighting clubbers just minutes into Friday morning.
Police were called when the second year Geography student didn’t come home or turn up for work as a tour guide at Bath Abbey on Friday.
The super-fit gym fanatic’s last text to his girlfriend said “I’m pissed not going to lie. I love this baby”
CCTV stills from Zero Zero nightclub show him “leaving in a huff and puff,” according to musical theatre student Emma.
But just hours after she urged locals to look for him, police confirmed firefighters had found a body in the River Avon at around midday on Saturday.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, but the police have informed Henry’s family.
It is thought to be at least the 11th death in the same stretch of water since 2009 – around half of them students on nights out.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: “A body has been found in the search for missing Henry Burke.
“Although formal identification has not been undertaken, we’ve informed Henry’s family of this development.
“The body of a man was found in the River Avon in Bath by colleagues at Avon Fire & Rescue Service this morning.
“At this stage, the death is being treated as unexplained. Our enquiries are continuing.”
Henry was out with people he lived with in student halls of residence the year before when he went missing just minutes into Friday morning.
His pals said the nineteen year old was kicked out of a club after stepping between two fighting clubbers just minutes into Friday morning.
Police were called when the second year Geography student didn’t come home or turn up for work as a tour guide at Bath Abbey on Friday.
The super-fit gym fanatic’s last text to his girlfriend said “I’m pissed not going to lie. I love this baby”
CCTV stills from Zero Zero nightclub show him “leaving in a huff and puff,” according to musical theatre student Emma.
But just hours after she urged locals to look for him, police confirmed firefighters had found a body in the River Avon at around midday on Saturday.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, but the police have informed Henry’s family.
It is thought to be at least the 11th death in the same stretch of water since 2009 – around half of them students on nights out.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: “A body has been found in the search for missing Henry Burke.
“Although formal identification has not been undertaken, we’ve informed Henry’s family of this development.
“The body of a man was found in the River Avon in Bath by colleagues at Avon Fire & Rescue Service this morning.
“At this stage, the death is being treated as unexplained. Our enquiries are continuing.”
Henry was out with people he lived with in student halls of residence the year before when he went missing just minutes into Friday morning.
