A 27-year-old Runcorn man was pronounced dead in hospital after he was found floating on the surface of a swimming pool in Malta.
Police were called out to a pool at Triq it-Trunċiera, St Paul's Bay on July 15 last year following reports a man was unresponsive in the water.
Chris Dodd, a shop manager from Runcorn, was rushed to hospital where doctors were unable to save him.