THE body of a man found at the bottom of a cliff is believed to be that of a former Princess Alexandra Hospital boss facing fraud charges.

Phil Morley, boss of PAH between 2014 and 2016, was due in court next month alongside his former chief nurse.

He was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit false accounting, two counts of fraud by abuse of position and one count of false accounting.

The body was discovered at the bottom of the 500ft Beachy Head cliffs on the Sussex coast.

A police spokesman said: “A body was found at the bottom of the cliffs at Beachy Head at 9.45pm on May 5th. The man has not yet been formally identified.”