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Published:
September 19, 2006
Coroner's Court hears how Brent Knoll girl died after path fall
 A
17-year-old student from Brent Knoll, near Burnham-On-Sea, drowned
after falling from a coastal path in Greece, an inquest heard
this week.
Taunton
Coroner's Court was told how a barman battled to save Catrine
Basil, 17, after spotting
her body floating in the sea while returning
from a night out in Paros (pictured) in July 2003.
A
post-mortem examination revealed Ms Basil had died as a result
of drowning in salt water. On the night of the incident, she had
gone to a club with her cousin and best friend where they danced
and downed strong drinks.
They
met up with two barmen at a nightspot and her two friends "paired
off" with them. Catrine
had walked home alone, the inquest heard.
Both
girls told the hearing they had assumed the other had walked Catrine
back to her villa. One of the barmen - Dwayne Reece - walked back
along the footpath after taking the best friend home when he spotted
Catrine's body floating in the water.
In
a statement read out to the court, he said: "I saw this undistinguishable
shape in the water. I recognised it was a human body. The
head to chest was in water and the rest was on the rocky shore.
I turned her over and I recognised it was the deceased."
Recording
a verdict of accidental death, coroner Michael Rose said it had
been a "tragedy".
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