Four boys who fell through an icy lake in Solihull died after drowning in a "terrible accident", a coroner has concluded.
Jack Johnson, 10, Thomas Stewart, 11, and his cousins, Finlay Butler, eight, and Samuel Butler, six, all died after falling into Babbs Mill Lake on December 11, 2022. The court heard that the children had been skimming stones and feeding the ducks before the tragedy.
Summing up the evidence, Senior coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, Ms Louise Hunt commended the emergency services including police who formed a human chain. She noted the environmental conditions would have been challenging.
