Incident Report: Adil Naseem

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Adil Naseem was 11 years old when he and 46 other children from Feltham Hill School went swimming at an activity centre in Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, in July 1997. Adil got into difficulty whilst using the pool and died due to drowning.

Hounslow Council, responsible for the pool, pleaded guilty to a breach of s.3(1) HSWA 1974 and was fined £25,000. No lifeguards had been provided to supervise the children’s use of the swimming pool.

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_{Note: I wish those affected all the best in their future. No part of this article purports to attribute blame. See our methodology page for further details of how these case summaries are constructed.} 

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_{Gregory, S. (2001). Young victims. (The Guardian, 6^th July, 15:03). Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/06/schooltrips.schools1 accessed 24th August 2021.}

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Citation: Jacklin, D. 2021. Case Summary. Adil Naseem. Water Incident Research Hub, 24 August.