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Rescuers did not consider themselves guilty of the death of Christopher Rogers swimmer

Rescuers did not consider themselves guilty of the death of Christopher Rogers swimmer

The jury found three rescuers who are not guilty that they do not strive for “reasonable care for the health and safety of others” at night when Armagh, Christopher Rogers, died.

20 -year -old Rogers died after obscuring during a training session at Armagh’s Orchard Leisure Center in April 2017.

During the session, he practiced underwater and breath holding exercises.

He lay at the bottom of the pool for more than five minutes before the start of the rescue test.

He died in the Craigavon ​​district hospital later that night.

On Tuesday in the Crown Court in Newry, a jury consisting of eight women and three men took less than two hours to find three accused who are not guilty of allegations

Rescuers Cathal Peter Forrest McVeigh, 35, from Dunamona Road in Dunggannon, James Monaghan, 26 years old, with Folly Lane in Armagh and William Holden, 26, from Unshinagh Lane in Portadown were died at night when he died.

They denied one number of employees, “they did not come to justified care for the health and safety of other people to whom they could be affected (their) deeds or omissions at work.”

It was a case of defense that rescuers thought Rogers was an experienced swimmer who was involved in training; That there was no policy related to how long the swimmer could remain under water and that they did not have training in the recognition of the type of robbery that Rogers suffered.

The prosecutor’s office stated that regardless of their training, men should intervene based on the approach of common sense and that they took too long roles during the rotation of duties by the pool.