The body of an elderly man who disappeared from a hospital has been found in a nearby canal in Paddington.

Stanley Nathanial Henry’s body was found on Tuesday (April 7).

Police officers had been investigating his disappearance since he went missing from St Mary’s Hospital, also in Paddington.

The body of the 85-year-old has been formally identified and his next of kin have been informed.

His death is not being treated as suspicious by police.