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Council officials had previously signed off on an eight week closure of the swimming pool in October 2022 without debate in chambers. Then, in September, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council ...

MLA William Irwin has said his thoughts go out to the family of the young drowning victim who was at the centre of a major court case which concluded this week.

Christopher Rogers was 20-years-old when he died after training in the swimming pool at Orchard Leisure Centre in April 2017. | UTV News ...

A jury has found three lifeguards not guilty of failing to take "reasonable care for the health and safety of others" on the ...

There were "utterly catastrophic consequences" because three lifeguards failed to show reasonable care towards a swimmer who blacked out and drowned, a senior barrister has said. Christopher Rogers, ...

Christopher Rogers was 20 years old when he died at the Orchard Leisure Centre in Armagh in April 2017 There were "utterly catastrophic consequences" because three lifeguards failed to show ...

Christopher Rogers, 20, passed away after blacking out during a swim training session at Armagh’s Orchard Leisure Centre in April 2017 ...

Newry Crown Court previously heard that on the day of his death Mr Rogers, who was an experienced swimmer, had been swimming underwater for about a minute before breaking the water's surface. He then ...

Newry Crown Court ... had been swimming underwater for about a minute before breaking the water's surface. He then descended to the bottom of the pool and lay there for five minutes and 14 seconds ...

A jury today unanimously acquitted three lifeguards of breaching their duty of care to an accomplished swimmer who tragically ...

During the session he had been practicing underwater swimming and breath holding exercises. He lay at the bottom of the pool for more than ... On Tuesday at Newry Crown Court a jury of eight ...