Man's body recovered from Carrick Lough in Aughnacloy

BBC Published May 29, 2010 Reviewed Jun 30, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors

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John Thomas Shields was 52 years old.

52 years · age

Police have recovered the body of a man who fell into a County Tyrone lake while fishing.

A search was launched at Carrick Lough in Aughnacloy following reports that a man was seen falling into the water at about 2230 BST on Friday.

The body was found on Saturday morning by specially-trained police dogs and recovered by divers.

He was John Thomas Shields, 52, from the Belvoir area of Belfast.

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