Woman found dead in city's Clarence Dock

A member of the public alerted officers at 7.30am yesterday after the body was discovered in the water at Clarence Dock.

West Yorkshire Police's underwater search unit helped to recover the body and the coroner was informed.

It was not clear last night whether the woman's death was being treated as suspicious.

A police spokesman said: "At 7.30am today we were contacted by a member of the public after a body was found in the water at Clarence Dock in Leeds. The underwater search team attended the scene and recovered a woman's body from the water.

"A post mortem has not yet been carried out. Enquiries are still ongoing to establish how the woman came to be found in the water."

A police forensic tent remained at the dock until yesterday afternoon. The investigation is being led by Detective Superintendent Paul Taylor of West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team.