I found a 'body' stuffed under a bush in the woods – only for police to discover it was a dumped sex doll

A FAMILY phoned the police in terror after finding a suspected murder victim in the woods – only to realise it was an abandoned sex doll.

Vikram Dawson, 36, had stopped driving to have a wee when he came running back to the car in shock after spotting a naked body face-down.

He urged wife Shriya Vikram to call 999 to report someone had been killed and thrown in the bushes near St Neot, Cornwall.

Teaching assistant Shriya, 33, also went to have a peek of the bare leg sticking out the shrubbery herself before darting back to safety.

She said: "My husband came back from watering the plants and I had never seen him so pale or scared. I couldn't believe what he was saying.

"He got us all in the car and locked all the doors before telling the police what he saw.

"Vikram really believed someone had been murdered and their body had been dumped in the woods.

"He had seen someone lying motionless, naked and face-down in a bush.

"The officer on the end of the phone was taking it very seriously. We were told to stay there to give a witness statement."

BODY BAG AT THE READY

As the family waited, a "very suspicious" bald man with neck tattoos slowly drove past before returning again 15 minutes later.

It caused petrified project manager Vikram, 36,  to speed away in his Skoda.

But paramedics called asking whether there was any blood – before attending police demanded to know where the family had fled to.

They returned to two cop cars and three officers cordoning off the crime scene.

Then they went to pick the body up and felt it was a bit light. It turned out to be a pale rubber sex doll. I think I saw breasts.

Shriya said: "The area was all taped off. It all seemed so real like in the films.

"Then they went to pick the body up and felt it was a bit light. It turned out to be a pale rubber sex doll. I think I saw breasts.

"It must have been someone playing a prank with a naked mannequin or discarding it as it was no longer wanted.

"Police even had a body bag ready and used it to take it away. They were brilliant to be fair and that was the decent and proper thing to do to protect its modesty.

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"They actually said you'd be surprised how often this happens but this one did look very real."

Shriya's Indian mother-in-law Kriti, 66, was beside herself while the couple's two young daughters Sasha, five, and Maya, two, were buzzing with excitement.

They were making the morning drive home to Romsey, Hampshire after spending a weekend's holiday in Cornwall last month.

A spokesperson from Devon and Cornwall Police said: “We were called just before midday on Monday 11 April with reports of a body being located in the undergrowth a few miles past Liskeard.

“Officers attended and located a headless mannequin.

“The call was made in good faith, and to ensure there were no further calls from the public the item was removed and disposed of by officers.”


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