Overview
- Inquest testimony in Doncaster on Thursday said Nyla May Bradshaw slipped through a gap in a park fence while with a childminder and was later found face down in a pond on Owston Golf Course.
- The senior coroner scheduled a December 8 full hearing after a brief session that did not state a cause of death.
- South Yorkshire Police said the urgent search used drones and a helicopter after the childminder raised the alarm.
- Coroner’s evidence confirmed Nyla was autistic and non-verbal, and a local charity said she needed one-to-one support at a specialist school.
- Little Rainbows Doncaster said the death highlights weaknesses in out-of-school care for disabled children, and an online fund has raised more than £20,000 for her family.