Overview
- Avon Coroner’s Court on Tuesday recorded an accidental drowning for PC Rehaan Akhtar, 28.
- Evidence cited at the hearing included a 260mg/100ml blood alcohol level and CCTV of a fall by the Arnolfini, with police finding no third-party involvement.
- Akhtar had been on a night out with friends and was reported missing before divers recovered his body the next morning.
- His sisters said they will keep pushing for railings and other physical barriers along busy waterside areas to prevent future deaths.
- The harbour master said blanket fencing is not practical for a working waterfront and pointed to inspections, warning signs, rescue equipment, grab chains, ladders and a rerouted cycle path, noting the city records about one accidental drowning a year, with 13 between 2014 and 2022.