Tributes have been paid to a doting dad who was found dead in a canal in north Manchester. Police and the fire service were called by a group of people who were magnet fishing in a stretch of the Rochdale Canal near Old Church Street in Newton Heath on the morning of Sunday, October 31.
Tragically, officers pulled a man from the water and he was confirmed dead at the scene. The man has been named by relatives as 55-year-old Lee Hall from Newton Heath.
He leaves behind a 16-year-old daughter Marnilee as well as his mum, stepdad and brothers. Mr Hall, a drug and alcohol service worker, was a popular figure in the Newton Heath area and was well-known for walking his dog, an Akita-cross called Teddy.
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