Former Sky News man found dead

A former Sky News correspondent who resigned after faking a report on the war in Iraq has been found dead at his home, it emerged today.

James Forlong, who had worked for the satellite news channel for 10 years, was discovered just after 2.30am on Saturday.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: “We can confirm that a 44-year-old man from Hove was found dead at his address in the early hours of Saturday morning.”

The spokesman said the circumstances were not thought to be suspicious and a post-mortem was due to be carried out tomorrow.