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Bestival Death 'Not Suspicious'

By Emma Philo Tue, 11 September 2012 10:56AM
Police are not treating the death of a man found unconscious at Bestival as suspicious.
Officers were called to a camper van parked on the campsite at around 11.20pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012.
The unnamed man - a 35-year-old from Kent - was pronounced dead in hospital.
Police have still to formally identify him and a post mortem examination to find out the cause of death is due to place this week. 

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