River Cleddau: Families pay tribute to paddleboarding tragedy victims at sentencing hearing

Paddleboard instructor 'not remotely qualified' to lead tour which ended with deaths of four people

A court heard that the group of paddleboarders were taken out despite recent heavy rain and weather warnings in place

River Cleddau: Families pay tribute to paddleboarding tragedy victims at sentencing hearing

Andrea Powell, 41, Morgan Rogers, 24, Nicola Wheatley, 40, and Paul O'Dwyer, 42, died when their paddleboards went over a weir in Pembrokeshire in October 2021.

Paddleboarding company owner ‘not qualified’ to lead tour in which four died

Nerys Lloyd pleaded guilty to four counts of gross negligence manslaughter and one offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act.The owner of a paddleboar ...

Pembrokeshire paddleboard death case hears from victims' families

Nicola Wheatley, Morgan Rogers, Paul O'Dwyer and Andrea Powell died in the incident in 2021.

Guide condemned as ‘arrogant’ after paddleboarding tragedy claims four lives

Sentencing of Nerys Lloyd continues at Swansea Crown Court A FORMER police officer who led a group paddleboarding trip that ended in tragedy has been heavily criticised by victims’ families during sentencing proceedings at Swansea Crown Court. Nerys Lloyd, 39, admitted four counts of gross negligence manslaughter and a breach of health and safety laws, following the deaths of four people on the River Cleddau in Haverfordwest in October 2021. Mor…

Paddleboard Tragedy: "Guided to Her Death," Court Hears

A court has been told a paddleboarder was “guided to her death” during the sentencing of a tour company owner after four people drowned. Paul O’Dwyer, 42, Andrea Powell, 41, Morgan Rogers, 24, and Nicola Wheatley, 40, died while paddleboarding in “extremely hazardous conditions” on the River Cleddau in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in October 2021. Nerys Bethan Lloyd, 39, from Port Talbot, the former owner of Salty Dog, pleaded guilty to manslau…