Police identify woman whose body was found in Leeds canal

Police have named a woman whose body was discovered in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

The body of Sonia MacFarlane, 38, was pulled from the water near Globe Road in the city centre on October 5.

Emergency services work in the canal as they attempt to recover the bodyplaceholder image
Emergency services work in the canal as they attempt to recover the body

Sonia was from Hunslet.

Investigations are ongoing but she is believed to have fallen into the canal accidentally.

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