Overview
- Emergency services responded to Clifton Country Park after an alarm on Saturday 27 June, launched a multi-day search and recovered the teenager’s body in the days that followed.
- His family have publicly named him as 18-year-old Leon Pafu Ngoy and described him as energetic, loving basketball, fashion and music and excited about his future after finishing GCSEs.
- The family called the loss a "tragic accident" and asked the public to know that nobody was to blame while urging people not to enter canals, rivers or reservoirs.
- Police and rescue crews used the case to renew warnings about the risks of open water, noting the death is one of several similar fatalities in Greater Manchester during recent hot spells.
- Flowers and community messages have appeared at Clifton Country Park and the tribute is likely to keep pressure on local services to push safety campaigns and promote supervised swimming facilities.