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CCTV Cameras Deployed at Horstead Mill After Broads Drowning

A GoFundMe for Ezra Tilford-Key’s funeral has raised over £2,000 within days of its launch.

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Overview

  • Horstead with Stanninghall Parish Council has installed CCTV at the middle sluice to discourage unsafe swimming and anti-social behaviour.
  • The fundraiser, set up by a family friend, has collected more than £2,000 toward a £4,500 target for funeral expenses.
  • Norfolk Police have confirmed the death of 23-year-old Ezra Tilford-Key is not being treated as suspicious after he was rescued from the fast-flowing sluice on August 5 and later died in hospital.
  • This incident marks the second fatality on the Norfolk Broads this summer following the July death of 14-year-old Nischay Patel in the River Waveney.
  • Officials from the Broads Authority and local councils have issued renewed warnings about hidden currents at weirs and sluices and urged visitors to respect posted safety advice.