Christopher Rogers, 20, passed away after blacking out during a swim training session at Armagh’s Orchard Leisure Centre in April 2017 ...

A jury has found three lifeguards not guilty of failing to take "reasonable care for the health and safety of others" on the ...

Christopher Rogers died during a swim session at the Orchard Leisure Centre in Armagh in 2017.

Christopher Rogers died during a swim session at the Orchard Leisure Centre in Armagh in April 2017 The trial of three lifeguards charged over the death of swimmer Christopher Rogers has heard ...

Newry Crown Court previously heard that on the day of his death Mr Rogers, who was an experienced swimmer, had been swimming underwater for about a minute before breaking the water's surface.

A jury today unanimously acquitted three lifeguards of breaching their duty of care to an accomplished swimmer who tragically suffered a hypoxic blackout and drowned.

Mr Murphy said at the time there was a reference to underwater swimming but none to “shallow water blackout”. Asked whether he knew Rogers, the witness confirmed he did and further that he was ...

The trial of three lifeguards charged over the death of swimmer Christopher Rogers has heard statements made by each of the defendants to the police and health and safety investigators. Mr Rogers ...