Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, all four boys died after falling into a frozen lake
The inquest into the deaths of four young boys who died after falling through the ice of a frozen lake in Solihull near Birmingham has opened. The inquest hearing was told that siblings Samuel Butler, six, and eight-year-old Finlay Butler, eight, died along with their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11 and Jack Johnson, 10, on December 11.
She also heard evidence from Detective Inspector Jim Edmonds, of West Midlands Police, who gave details of how people initially raised the alarm and the subsequent “heroic efforts” of the emergency services to save the boys. Mr Edmonds said: “West Midlands Police first contact at 2.34pm on Sunday December 11, reporting four children playing on a frozen lake at Babbs Mill Park had fallen through the ice, into the water.
Turning to the rescues, Mr Edmonds said: “The first three boys were located and brought to the bank at 2.56pm, the same day, and approximately nine minutes later a fourth was rescued from the water. Jack and Thomas died later on December 11, Finlay, the next day, and his brother on December 14, he added. He added that “all children involved have been accounted for”.
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