Christopher Kapessa had been playing near a river in the summer of 2019 when he was deliberately pushed into the water by Jayden Pugh in what the coroner said was a 'misplaced sense of fun'
Christopher Kapessa, 13, died in River Cynon near Fernhill in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales in July 2019. Witnesses said that another boy, then aged 14, had pushed him into the water.
Christopher Kapessa was pushed into the the River Cynon, near Fernhill, Wales, in July 2019 as a prank by a friend and, as he was not a strong swimmer, fell under the water and later died
A “loving, caring” 13-year-old boy died after being deliberately pushed into a river in south Wales in July 2019, a coroner has found in a narrative conclusion.