Mystery man has new name

DAVID LYTTON

THE remarkable story of the mystery man found dead on Saddleworth Moor has taken another dramatic twist.

Originally police had no identity for the man when the the story first broke exclusively in The Chronicle more than a year ago.

And while Oldham CID launched exhaustive inquiries, mortuary attendants named the man Neil Dovestones out of respect.

However, after discovering he had a femur operation in Pakistan, inquiries by the national crime agency established the 67 year old had retired to live in Lahore, the country's second largest city.

And at a resumed inquest last month he was named as David Lytton who had worked as a London croupier and then a tube train driver before moving abroad.

But now latest reports say the man who chose to die on a grassy knoll at Chew track near Dovestones reservoir the day after flying more than 4,000 from Pakistan was formerly called David Lautenberg.

It is understood he may have changed his name due to a family dispute.

His father is believed to have died but Lytton is survived by his mother and younger brother who was contacted by media yesterday but did not want to be interviewed.

Neighbours living near Mr Lytton's London home claimed last week he had a long term relationship with a woman before moving abroad.

The case was first highlighted by The Chronicle after his body was found by a passing cyclist lying beneath Robbs Rocks in December 2015.

CCTV footage showed he had travelled overland by train from Ealing to Euston and caught a train to Manchester Piccadilly.

He travelled to Greenfield where he asked Mel Robinson, landlord of The Clarence, the "way to the top of the mountains..."

Examinations revealed he had no phone, watch, credit cards... just £130 in £10 notes and train tickets which included a return to London.

Tests in March last year confirmed he died from a dose of strychnine, used to kill rodents.