Overview

• Companies House filings show the sale was finalised on July 31 when Mo Chaudry resigned as director and Laurent Bruloy of Looping Group assumed control of Waterworld
• Lifeguards, bystanders and East Midlands Ambulance crews performed CPR on four-year-old Vethavalli Vasu-Dharma after she was found submerged in the lagoon on August 4, and she later died at Royal Stoke University Hospital
• An inquest into Vasu-Dharma’s death was opened on August 14 at Stoke Town Hall and adjourned for further evidence gathering
• Staffordshire Police launched a criminal investigation and Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s environmental health team has begun a health-and-safety probe into the circumstances of the incident
• Waterworld reopened on August 6 after cooperating with authorities and Looping Group has pledged support for staff and the local community while Mo Chaudry reports his group’s net assets now exceed £170 million