TRIBUTES have been paid to an ardent Liverpool fan who was found on a balcony.

Neighbours called police to the home of Stuart Stocking after spotting him on the balcony of his flat in Claremont Heights, Colchester.

Officers used ladders to climb up and reach him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 30-year-old worked in IT and was a regular at the Norfolk pub, in North Station Road, Colchester.

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