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A policeman at the Glastonbury festival, where a body was found in a backstage area
A policeman at the Glastonbury festival, where a body was found in a backstage area. Photograph: Jsn Photography/WireImage
A policeman at the Glastonbury festival, where a body was found in a backstage area. Photograph: Jsn Photography/WireImage

Senior Tory found dead at Glastonbury

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Christopher Shale, head of an Oxfordshire Conservative group found in toilet at VIP backstage area on Sunday morning

A senior member of David Cameron's Tory constituency has been found dead in a portable toilet at the Glastonbury festival.

Christopher Shale, the chairman of West Oxfordshire Conservative Association, suffered a heart attack, sources believe.

His body was found in a portable toilet in the backstage area, where many celebrities and performers stay.

A story in the Mail on Sunday contained leaked sections of a strategy document Shale had drafted for David Cameron, in which he said the party can be perceived as "crass" and "always on the take".

Avon and Somerset police confirmed that the body of a man in his mid-50s had been found in the backstage area. A woman was seen being comforted by officers.

His body was found at 8.45am. An area between the Pyramid stage and the Other stage has been cordoned off. .

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