‘Man struggled to stay afloat’

A 21-YEAR-OLD man drowned after getting into difficulty at Crosby Beach in July last year, an inquest has found.

Hamza Mansoor, 21, from Stoke-on-Trent, who was unable to swim, died ‘during lovely day out’ with friends at the beach.

Mansoor was paddling with four friends when he got into difficulty as the tide turned. He was later pronounced dead at Aintree Hospital on July 20, 2021. An inquest at Bootle Town Hall last Thursday (29) heard he was struggling to stay afloat and only one friend, Usman Aslan, could navigate the water.

The group was soon separated before Aslan was able to pull himself and friend Rizwan Zahoor onto a rock in the water. Other friends Fida Hasan and Toqeer Ashraf Mohammad all struggled to stay afloat. They were rescued by strangers and other officers.