The family of a bar manager from Taunton whose body was found in the water after an altercation with seasonal foreign workers say they remain convinced he was murdered.

Police have now completed a second investigation into the death of Josh Clayton, 23, and say no suspects or suspicious activity were uncovered.

But his mum and brother said they are hugely disappointed in the police's findings and remained convinced that Josh's death was more than just a tragic accident.

The youngster was working on the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall when he went missing in September 2015.

His body was found 11 days later on rocks on the small island of Tean north of Tresco after he was spotted by a French yachtsman and brought to the mainland.

A post mortem examination found that Josh had two and a half times the legal limit of alcohol in his body but it was so badly decomposed it was not possible to determine the cause of his death.

An inquest was later suspended after the hearing was told how he'd been involved in an "altercation" with Polish waiters at the party before he went missing and that he could have been pushed into the water.

But Devon and Cornwall Police have now concluded their fresh investigation and say no significant new evidence came to light.

Josh's mum Tracey Clayton, 53, of Taunton, Somerset, said afterwards she was disappointed and did not agree with the verdict.

She said the family never had any confidence and faith in the second investigation once they had learnt that it would be carried out by the same force that examined Josh’s death initially.

She added: "It was about what we were expecting really.

"Mainly because we thought how could a new investigation start with the same force that made so many mistakes with the first investigation?"

The family remains convinced that there was more to Josh’s death than the police investigation has revealed and still believe he was murdered.

Ashley Cox, Josh’s older brother and IT consultant, added: “We did send a letter to the chief constable after the inquest where we did explicitly ask for another force to investigate, because we didn’t have much faith in the independency of any subsequent investigation.

“So no, it’s not a surprise. I mean questions remain as to the investigation’s thoroughness. Even though the police will say it was a very thorough investigation again.

“My opinion is more 99.9 per cent weighted over to the fact that he was murdered and a conspiracy to cover that up and put him in the sea.

“I think there’s more than enough evidence on paper to look at that makes you question.

"There’s more questions basically, when you start looking at it there’s more questions that need to be answered, that the police don’t seem to be able to show their hand to be able to quite answer."

Det Supt Steve Parker of Devon and Cornwall Police said: "We have now concluded our investigation on behalf of the coroner.

"We have kept an open mind throughout the investigation. No suspicious activity was found and no suspects were identified.

"We have kept the family informed throughout this process and they are aware of the outcome of the report.

"The file has now been submitted to the coroner."

The inquest is expected to resume at a later date.