An inquest at Beaconsfield Coroner’s Court has agreed with its Australian counterpart that a man from Aylesbury died from drowning in Queensland in April this year.
Charles Williams, 24, who was known as Charlie, was a keen rugby player and was in Australia on a work visa pursuing his ambition to become a DJ.
Charlie and a group of friends had been swimming and diving off the rocks into the waterfalls at popular natural beauty spot Behana Gorge in Cairns when the tragic accident occurred on 10th April.
Paramedics arrived and attempted to resuscitate him but he was pronounced dead at the scene just before 7pm.
A post mortem examination in Australia concluded that the primary cause of death was drowning.
Bicester Rugby Union Football Club, who Charlie played for, posted in April:
“It is with a very heavy heart that I tell you that yesterday afternoon, Charlie Williams, seen here in his Bicester kit…died in a tragic accident in the Behana Gorge, Cairns, QLD.
“Charlie played his senior rugby at Bicester…Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and many friends at this time.”
[GOOGLE IMAGE: Behana Gorge, Australia]
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