The trial of a property developer accused of murdering his wealthy heiress wife in a holiday drowning ‘accident’ in Denmark to get his hands on a ‘vast fortune’ has collapsed. In the prosecution case against Donald McPherson, 47, seven ‘secret’ life insurance policies had been taken on his ‘besotted’ wife Paula Leeson, 47, and he stood to gain … Read more
The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker dies after drowning in a dam at his holiday home in Brazil, with police finding his body hours after he dived in for an afternoon swim Alisson Becker’s father Jose, 57, has died after a swimming accident in Brazil The incident happened in a lake near a dam … Read more
The Drowning Channel 5, Monday-Thursday Rating: The Investigation BBC2, Friday Rating: And so on to what feels like the 768th missing-child thriller of recent years, and this time it’s The Drowning. It starred Jill Halfpenny as Jodie, whose four-year-old son, Tom, drowned a decade ago during a family picnic at a park lake but no … Read more
Cornwall recorded the highest number of drowning deaths of any UK region over the past five years, the latest figures reveal. Data shows 80 people drowned in the county during this period, the equivalent of more than one every month, followed by 55 in Devon and 54 in Kent. The figures from The National Water … Read more
Sweet moment dog saves her 14-year-old blind pit bull sister from drowning after she falls into swimming pool Surveillance video from a home’s backyard in Argentina captured the moment a family dog saved their blind pit bull after she fell into their pool December 19 Luna, who is 14-years-old and happens to be blind and … Read more
A British diplomat has been hailed as a hero in China after jumping into a river to save a woman from drowning while other bystanders gathered to film him. Stephen Ellison, the newly appointed British Consul General in Chongqing, was visiting an ancient town on Saturday when another tourist accidentally fell into the water. Mr … Read more
Home and Away’s James Stewart was pictured filming intense scenes for the popular soap on Friday. With cameras rolling, the actor hit the waves for a carefree surf session which quickly turned into a disaster. The 44-year-old, who was still in character as Justin Morgan, struggled to keep afloat before being dramatically rescued. On set: … Read more
Seventeen years ago, freshly commissioned British officer Robert Campbell dived into the sort of stinking, polluted river you wouldn’t let your dog swim in, to try to save an Iraqi teenager. But far from being lauded for his selfless, though futile, rescue attempt, this highly decorated former major in the Royal Engineers has been subjected … Read more
A decorated Army Major vexatiously accused of drowning an Iraqi teenager at the time of the Anglo-US invasion has been cleared of any wrongdoing following a 17-year witch-hunt. Major Robert Campbell, 47, was investigated on bogus claims that he forced suspected looter Saeed Radhi Shabram Wawi Al-Bazooni, 19, into a river at gunpoint in Basra … Read more
A Sudanese boy, 16, ‘stole a blow-up children’s boat from a French beach hut’ before drowning when it capsized in the Channel crossing, admitted his friend who survived. The victim, who could not swim, had set off from Calais in the middle of the night to try to reach Britain in the 3ft dinghy. The dinghy … Read more