The family of a schoolboy who drowned in the Thames believe he only got in the water due to the hot weather and peer pressure in a warning to other children of the dangers of swimming in open water.
Brian Sasu, 14, went swimming with friends at Tagg’s Island in Hampton after his school closed early during Monday’s scorching 37C heatwave. He disappeared under the water close to a bridge with friends and locals launching a desperate search to find him.