Crete police 'perplexed' by case of dead Briton aboard sunken yacht

Hugh Kerr Bradley Roberts reportedly found tied to vessel that sank near Souda, where it was usually moored

Greek authorities have launched an investigation into the perplexing" death of a Briton, described by local people as an eccentric Englishman", whose body was found on a partially sunken luxury yacht off Crete.

Police in the harbour town of Chania said the 74-year-old - identified as Hugh Kerr Bradley Roberts, who retired to the island more than a decade ago - had been found dead on the vessel, which sank near Souda, where it was permanently moored. Local media reported that he had been tethered to its mast.