Boy, five, drowned in hotel pool one day into family holiday

A five-year-old lad drowned successful a swimming excavation connected a household vacation successful Egypt, an inquest has heard.

Kelan Logan-Derench from Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, was recovered astatine the bottommost of a edifice swimming excavation successful Cairo without his armbands connected 25 November past year.

Birmingham and Solihull Coroner's Court heard Kelan was pulled from the h2o and aboriginal died astatine the El Nile Hospital.

In a written inquest verdict, elder coroner Louise Hunt recovered that Kelan died arsenic a effect of an accident.

He was described by a household person arsenic a "cheeky, mischievous, blessed small boy".

Kelan was staying with his household astatine the Mirette Hotel successful Hurghada, according to the grounds of inquest.

He was recovered astatine astir 12.05pm and attempts were made to resuscitate him.

Drowning was recorded arsenic his aesculapian origin of death.

A GoFundMe leafage was organised by Serena Whitehead, a person of Kelan's mother, soon aft his death.

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Nearly £20,000 was raised to screen the outgo of returning his assemblage to the UK and to assistance with ceremonial costs.

"Kelan was a cheeky, mischievous, blessed small boy, helium was a younger member to Cienna and was astir to go a large member himself successful February 2024," Ms Whitehead wrote.

According to the page, Kelan died conscionable 1 time aft the commencement of his vacation with his mother, sister and grandmother.