AN INQUEST has begun into the death of a kayaker who went missing off the coast of Hove.
The body of Andrea Lauro, 36, was found on the beach in the early hours of Tuesday last week.
The father-of-two went missing two days earlier after taking a kayak out from Hove Lagoon.
There was a huge search operation as the emergency services scoured the coast.
Andrea lived in Hove, having moved with his family from Lake Como in northern Italy when he was 12. He had a girlfriend and two children, Courtney, 14, and Lucy, 11, with a previous partner.
His brother Fabio Lauro paid tribute to Andrea, saying: “When something needed doing, or if something was broken, there was only one name you would think of – Andrea. He would do anything to help people.”
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