Christopher Kapessa, 13, died after being pushed into River Cynon as a 'prank', coroner finds

A 13-year-old boy who drowned in a river in Wales was deliberately pushed, an inquest has concluded.

Assistant coroner David Regan found that Christopher Kapessa was pushed into the River Cynon in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 1 July 2019 by Jayden Pugh, who was 14 at the time.

Pugh told South Wales Central Coroner's Court he accidentally "fell" into Kapessa - but the coroner concluded he pushed him as a "prank".

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