A MAN found dead near a railway footbridge has been named as 26-year-old Shaun Dallas who lived at North Bank Close, Strood.

He was found hanging from a fence under the bridge. The funeral will be held at Medway Crematorium, on Friday, at 12.20pm, followed by a wake at the Bridgewood Manor Hotel at Chatham.

An inquest into Mr Dallas’s death has been opened and adjourned.