A QVC television presenter who was based at the channel's Chiswick Business Park HQ has been found dead.

Stefano Marescotti was the subject of a missing persons appeal when colleagues and friends both in this country and Italy became concerned when they hadn't heard from him.

He was last been seen in the Chiswick area on Thursday 18 March.

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed his death but have provided no further details.

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