A man who was found dead in a reservoir has been identified as a missing Enfield man.

Josh Knox-Hooke, 22, went missing on December 3, 2014 and had last been seen in Edmonton.

The former student of Enfield Grammar School was found in the Banbury Reservoir, off Harbet Road, in Walthamstow, by a Thames Water employee on Sunday December 28.

An appeal had been put out for the Brighton University graduate via the Missing People charity and the Metropolitan Police.

Next of kin have been informed.

Police are treating the death as unexplained.

An inquest was opened and adjourned yesterday at Walthamstow Coroner’s Court.