Overview
- Police confirmed the death of 33-year-old Kimberley Louise Johnson is not being treated as suspicious.
- At the inquest opening, a police coroner’s officer said Johnson and her partner had consumed alcohol and smoked cannabis before she swam.
- Johnson told her partner, “I can’t do it,” while in the water, and his attempts to reach her were unsuccessful, the hearing was told.
- Emergency services launched a major operation at around 4 p.m., and her body was recovered at 6:25 p.m., with fingerprint checks confirming her identity.
- Tributes described Johnson as an “amazing” mother of three, with local reports renewing warnings about the dangers of open-water swimming.