Boy, 13, drowned in Bedfordshire lake after jumping off rope swing, inquest hears

Kyron Hibbert, who couldn’t swim, died in Stewartby lake during last summer’s heatwave

A “happy, cheeky, funny, intelligent” 13-year-old boy drowned when he jumped from a rope swing over a lake during last summer’s heatwave, a coroner has heard.

Kyron Hibbert, who could not swim, disappeared under the water of Stewartby lake as his friends tried vainly to save him. His body was recovered early the following morning, the inquest heard on Thursday.