Overview
- Coroner John Gittins opened the inquest in Ruthin on Monday, naming the 17-year-old as Ashamekh Bortata.
- Emergency services received a 999 call from a friend on April 7 reporting he was drowning in the lake beside Chirk Castle.
- Searches paused that evening after no success, and police divers found his body at about 3:30pm on April 8.
- A pathologist recorded a provisional cause of death as drowning, with full findings to follow at a later hearing.
- The coroner adjourned the case for further investigation into how he entered the water while visiting the grounds with friends from Liverpool.