Paddleboard firm owner jailed for 10 years over river deaths

A former police officer who owned a paddleboarding company has been jailed for more than ten years after four people drowned during an excursion on a river in Pembrokeshire in October 2021.

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Nerys Lloyd admitted gross negligence manslaughter after organising a stand-up paddleboarding tour despite “extremely hazardous conditions” and weather warnings being in place. She failed to warn the group about a weir on the route.

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