Inquest hears Peterborough teenager drowned after jumping into lake
Jack Lloyd died after getting into difficulty while swimming in open water
A Peterborough teenager died by drowning after jumping into a lake, an inquest has heard.
Jack Connor Anthony Lloyd, 16, died after he went missing while swimming with friends at Crown Lakes Country Park in Farcet.
Emergency services were called to the park at around 4pm on April 3 before a body was found later that night.
Following his death, floral tributes were left at the Weston Homes Stadium, the home of Peterborough United whom Jack supported, while fans also took part in an applause at Posh's home game against Northampton last season to remember him.
The inquest today heard Jack was on a wooden jetty at Crown Lakes with friends when he decided to jump into the water.
Coroner Simon Milburn said police received a call at 4.05pm on April 3 to reports a child had gone into the water and not come back out.
Police said there was a delay between when Jack was reported to be in the water and a 999 call being made.
Video evidence
A statement from Detective Inspector Daniel Pawson - of Cambridgeshire Police - read out to the court said Jack told his friends he was going to jump in, despite calls for him not to.
Mr Pawson said there was "clear video evidence from one of Jack’s friends of him jumping into the lake and struggling as soon as he hits the water", and appeared to go into cold water shock.
A statement from Sergeant Thomas Hughes, from Cambridgeshire Police, said Jack had been in the water for "approximately seven hours" before a specialist diving team recovered his body.
Evidence from Dr John Grant, a consultant pathologist at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said cold water shock can cause a series of heart and lung changes and involuntary inhalation while underwater, which can lead to drowning.
Mr Milburn said signage at Crown Lakes Country Park warning of deep water and not allowing swimming are in place.
The coroner concluded that Jack "deliberately jumped into the water (and) the difficulty he got into once he entered water was unintended.
"It seems appropriate (to say) that Jack died as result of an accident."