The death of a new father, who drowned when his canoe overturned, has been described by a coroner as a ‘silly, tragic accident’. On July 18 last year, Mark Hill made the fateful ‘last minute’ decision to take his canoe to Amberswood Lake in Wigan. The 40-year-old had only become a father 14 weeks earlier, … Read more
Detectives arrest 30-year-old over the death of man, 20, who was found drowned in a river after he and four others burgled a cannabis factory Sol Hemy, 20, was found drowned in River Itchen in Southampton, Hampshire He and four others broke into a cannabis factory the same night, September 5 Man, 30, has been arrested … Read more
Detectives arrest 30-year-old over the murder of man, 20, who was found drowned in a river after he and four others burgled a cannabis factory Sol Hemy, 20, was found drowned in River Itchen in Southampton, Hampshire He and four others broke into a cannabis factory the same night, September 5 Man, 30, has been arrested … Read more
British student, 19, fell from party boat and drowned during holiday to Prague just days after finishing his A-levels, inquest hears, as family mourn their ‘perfect son’ Steven Roberts toppled over the side of a two-storey vessel in Czech Republic Witnesses recalled hearing a splash but nobody saw the teenager fall from boat Police searched … Read more
A British backpacker who died in Cambodia last year had drugs in her system prompting her family to question whether she was spiked before her death. Amelia Bambridge, 21, disappeared after attending a beach party on the Cambodian island of Koh Rong in October last year. Her body was discovered floating in the Gulf of … Read more
A toddler drowned in a hot tub after crawling outside when his mother left the back door open as she worked from home while caring for her twins, an inquest heard today. Eddie Murphy-Boxall, 18 months, was found unresponsive in the water by his heartbroken mother Siobhan Murphy, who had opened the door to let in some … Read more
Toddler aged 17 months drowned in rainwater trough in garden of his foster carer’s Somerset home, his family say Thomas Branchflower, aged seventeen months, found ‘unresponsive’ in trough His mother, Tanya, said: ‘He was very much loved and adored by us, his parents’ Inquest is now underway, with preliminary cause of death given as drowning By … Read more
Couple who drowned when they were swept out to sea after being knocked off harbour wall by huge waves are named The two died after being swept into the sea by a huge wave on November 2 Father and daughter, Matthew Smith, 47, and Bonnie Smith, 26, both drowned Tragedy happened in stormy conditions at the … Read more
A gardener with a life-long dear of water was found dead in a millionaire’s swimming pool after he heard his wife flirting with her new lover when she accidentally pocket-dialled his phone. Gareth Rees, 49, was accidentally called into four minutes of estranged spouse Claire flirting with new boyfriend Glen Ryan and saying sexually-suggestive things … Read more
A grandmother has been spared jail after her 11-month-old granddaughter drowned in a bath in the next room while she went to put on her dressing gown. Shirley Grenfell, 53, from Illogan Highway, Cornwall, left the bathroom for two minutes on Boxing Day morning in 2017 to get dressed in her room as baby Chanelle Grenfell … Read more