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Canoe death boy 'did not drown' | Canoe death boy 'did not drown' |
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Police investigating the death of a schoolboy footballer while he was canoeing say tests have shown he did not drown. | |
Stewart McEwan, 13, from Earley near Reading in Berkshire, died on the River Usk near Brecon in Powys on Saturday. | Stewart McEwan, 13, from Earley near Reading in Berkshire, died on the River Usk near Brecon in Powys on Saturday. |
The teenager, who had been signed by Championship club Reading, was on an educational trip with fellow pupils. | The teenager, who had been signed by Championship club Reading, was on an educational trip with fellow pupils. |
Dyfed-Powys Police are still treating his death as unexplained following a post-mortem examination. | |
A Home Office pathologist carried out the examination at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, this week. | |
Specialist staff from the education department will also be present to speak with each child if needed Peter Thomas, Stewart's head teacher | |
Powys coroner Peter Maddox will open and adjourn an inquest into Stewart's death on Thursday. | |
Police are sending child witness interview officers to Reading to speak to children who were on the river with Stewart when the tragedy happened. | |
Peter Thomas, head teacher of Stewart's school, Maiden Erlegh, said: "The deputy head teacher Mary Davies will be supporting children and parents when they speak with the police. | |
Police taped off an area of the riverbank about a mile east of Brecon | Police taped off an area of the riverbank about a mile east of Brecon |
"Specialist staff from the education department will also be present to speak with each child if needed," added the head teacher. | "Specialist staff from the education department will also be present to speak with each child if needed," added the head teacher. |
Stewart was signed to Reading FC's academy in August and the club say they are devastated by his death. | |
Reading will hold a minute's applause before their game against Southampton on Saturday, and players will wear black armbands. | |
The boy's parents have also spoken of their loss. | The boy's parents have also spoken of their loss. |
"He was a boy who grabbed life. He loved his sport and there wasn't anything he didn't enjoy," his family said in a statement released through police. | "He was a boy who grabbed life. He loved his sport and there wasn't anything he didn't enjoy," his family said in a statement released through police. |