Grieving father’s plea: Leonard Hill made a statement outside Reading Coroner’s Court following the inquest into the death of his 11-year-old daughter, Kyra
The father of an 11-year-old Croydon schoolgirl who drowned at a birthday party at a Windsor water park has issued a plea for stronger regulations to be enforced at similar leisure facilities.
Tragic loss: Kyra Hill, aged 11, was said to be a strong swimmer
A coroner’s inquest found that Kyra Hill was unlawfully killed when she got into difficulty in a designated swimming area at Liquid Leisure, near Windsor, in August 2022.
Senior coroner Heidi Connor concluded that the tragedy had occurred following gross health and safety breaches at the park. The breaches related to the depth and visibility of the water and the absence of an emergency plan and risk assessment, the coroner found.
The inquest at Berkshire Coroner’s Court in Reading was told how Hill was not found for more than an hour after emergency services were first alerted. No checks of the park’s CCTV, to locate where Kyra Hill was last seen, were carried out before a professional diver arrived at the scene. Continue reading
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