Police were called at 11.10am yesterday to Percival Gardens, Chadwell Heath after a neighbour reported seeing a body hanging from a tree.
A police spokesman confirmed that a 40-year-old man had been found dead adding the incident was not being treated as suspicious and enquiries are ongoing.
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