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So Solid Crew's Lisa Maffia's baby cousin, 1, drowned in hot tub in 'tragic accident'

So Solid Crew Lisa Maffia's one-year-old cousin heartbreakingly drowned in a friend's hot tub after entering to try to pick up a toy spade, an inquest has found.

The inquest into Jetson Maffia-Kerbey was concluded by coroner Katrina Hepburn at Maidstone County Hall on Monday, who described the tot's death as a "tragic accident".

The court heard how his father, Nigel, was chatting to his friend in the garden at the time his son entered the hot tub, with the terrible accident happening within minutes.

Jetson was three months shy of his second birthday when he died on June 13 2022.

So Solid Crew Lisa Maffia's one-year-old cousin heartbreakingly drowned in a friend's hot tub (REX)

The inquest heard on the day of Jetson's death his dad had taken him to spend the day with family friend Graham Morgan and his three-year-old daughter at their home not far from where they lived in Kent.

The two fathers took their children to an event in the village, where the children went on fairground rides and ate ice cream.

They returned home at around 3pm where they met Jetson's mother, Crystal Maffia, and Brook Jordan, Mr Morgan's partner.

The children played together while Miss Jordan's teenage daughter used the hot tub built into the decking in their garden.

Jetson Maffia-Kerbey (Instagram)
Jetson was most likely trying to fetch a toy spade, the coroner ruled (Instagram)

Mr Kerbey and Mr Morgan later entered the hot tub, allowing the two children to join them for around 20 minutes.

The two fathers then got out of the hot tub, bringing the children with them, but the lid of the hot tub was not replaced.
At around 5pm the two sets of parents were sat in the garden, keeping an eye on the children while they played with toys on the decking.

The parents noted the children had "gone quiet", so Mr Morgan stood up to look over the decking to see his daughter in the hot tub with Jetson face down in the water.

He quickly rescued Jetson from the water and performed CPR while an ambulance was called. An off-duty police officer who lived nearby heard the commotion and attended the scene, taking over CPR.

Paramedics arrived just after 5pm and they took over resuscitation attempts before taking Jetson to hospital at around 5.45pm.

Efforts resumed at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, however, doctors realised any further attempts would be futile and Jetson's time of death was recorded as 6.13pm.

Lisa previously paid tribute to her nephew (SplashNews.com)
The singer is part of band So Solid Crew (Getty Images)

Concluding, Miss Hepburn said: "A Kent Police multi-agency strategy meeting was held on June 15 and concluded Jetson most likely entered the hot tub of his own free will, likely to retrieve a toy spade, and drowned as a result.

"Any question of the wilful neglect of Jetson has been investigated and there is insufficient evidence of any act that would amount to a criminal offence.

"There was a period of between 30 seconds and five minutes where Jetson entered the hot tub.

"A toxicology report found there were no drugs in Jetson's system, and the post mortem report gave a cause of death of 1A drowning.
"Nothing identified any natural causes of the death, there were no signs of trauma, so it is reasonable to take the view that Jetson died because of drowning and it seems to have been purely accidental.

"The children entered the water and although it was a very short period of time this resulted in the tragic conclusion of Jetson sadly drowning. I therefore conclude Jetson's death was an accident."

Lisa previously paid tribute to her nephew.

The 42-year-old former star of So Solid Crew took to Instagram to post a photo of Jetson, along with a message in which she said that he was "gone too soon".

"I’m sorry you’re gone so soon. God had a plan for you long before we even met you.

"I know you’re safely in the hands of god. Until we meet again, sleep well my boy - be a strong crystalmaffia".

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