A man has been sectioned following an incident in Maldon last night.
Police were contacted by the ambulance service shortly after 10pm with reports of concern for the safety of a man near The Sunny Sailor pub in Fullbridge.
Officers including the police helicopter attended and the man, although not in the water, was at the bottom of the bank of the River Chelmer.
He was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
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