The death of nurse Petra Srncova from Camberwell is not being treated as suspicious by police.

A body was found in Brunswick Park on Sunday morning by a member of the public as police searched for the missing nurse.

Officers have since released an update that her death is being treated as unexplained but "initial enquiries suggest the circumstances are not suspicious".

A post-mortem examination is due to take place.

While formal identification awaits, Petra’s family have been informed of this development.

A Met Police spokesperson said: "At approximately 11:40hrs on Sunday, 12 December police were called by a member of the public to reports of the body of a woman that had been found in Brunswick Park, SE5.

"Officers attended and found a woman who was deceased.

"Her death is being treated as unexplained but initial enquiries suggest the circumstances are not suspicious.

"A post-mortem examination will take place in due course.

"While formal identification awaits, Petra’s family have been informed of this development."

Petra Srncova, 32, from Camberwell, was reported missing on Friday, December 3 by a concerned colleague.

She works at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, next to St Thomas’s Hospital.

A man, with no further details given by police, was arrested in connection with her disappearance and taken into custody.

He was released on bail earlier on Sunday.

Petra is believed to have left Evelina London Children’s Hospital at 7.45pm on Sunday, November, 28.

She is thought to have been wearing a green coat and carrying a red backpack at the time.

Officers say she withdrew money from a cashpoint, before getting on to a bus towards Elephant and Castle.

She then changed to a new bus travelling towards her home address in Camberwell, where she was last sighted at 8.22pm.

Police contacted her family in her native Czech Republic and they had not heard from her.

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