Overview

• Area coroner Alison Longhorn recorded a verdict of accidental death contributed to by alcohol intoxication.
• She said CCTV indicated he struck his head on the pontoon after falling over a railing before entering the water.
• Emergency services recovered his body the next morning, and a post-mortem recorded drowning as the cause of death.
• Family and marina contacts described a long struggle with alcohol, including reports he sometimes drank up to two bottles of whisky a day and prior drink‑driving bans.
• He had been staying on his boat, Faithful, moored at Brixham Marina during renovations, with a home in Wrexham.