The physique of a diver that was recovered from Dorothea Quarry in Gwynedd, North Wales, on 31 Could was discovered 85 metres (300ft) underwater, in line with a coroner who opened the inquest into the diver’s dying.
The person has been named by the inquest, which is being held at Caernarfon Coroner’s Court docket, as Tim James Waples, a 60-year-old engineer from Hertfordshire.
Senior Coroner Kate Robertson advised the inquest that North Wales Police obtained a name at 1.37 pm on Saturday, 31 Could, informing them {that a} diver had died on the disused slate quarry.
‘Evidently Tim Waples had been diving utilizing tools when he was discovered deceased at roughly 85 metres depth inside the water,’ Robertson advised the listening to. ‘He was confirmed as having handed away a short while later.’
Robertson stated {that a} autopsy examination had been ordered as a result of she ‘had motive to suspect the dying was unnatural.’
Dorothea Quarry – recognized domestically as ‘Dotty’ – is an deserted slate mine within the Nantlle Valley, located within the mountains of North Wales. It has a number of flooded pits and reaches a most depth of 106 metres.
The quarry was used as a dive spot through the Nineties and 2000s, however the lack of security amenities on-site supervision has claimed the lives of at the least 25 swimmers and divers through the years. BSAC issued a warning towards diving there following the dying of a 41-year-old man in 2014.
The quarry reopened to be used in 2021, and is now a strictly technical diving website managed by the North Wales Technical Divers Membership.
The inquest has been adjourned whereas additional investigations happen.
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