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Boy drowned while ‘lake jumping’ in Syston, inquest concludes

A 13-year-old boy who drowned in Leicestershire had been “lake jumping” with a group of friends before getting into difficulty, an inquest has heard.

Hayden Jones-Powell disappeared after going into Meynell Lake, off Fosse Way in Syston, shortly before 13:00 BST on 25 June.

On Friday, an inquest into his death heard he had been with a group of 15 people after Wreake Valley Academy, where he was a pupil, closed early due to hot weather.

Isobel Thistlethwaite, assistant coroner for Rutland and North Leicestershire, concluded the teenager died as the result of an accident.

She said he “entered the water voluntarily” despite telling his friends he could not swim.

His friends sought assistance and teachers from the school went to the lake to try to find him, the inquest found. He was recovered by the emergency services at 20:15 BST.

His medical cause of death was given as drowning.


BBC News

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