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Teen swimmer died trying to cross lake

Ben WinshipNorth East and Cumbria
News imageAFP via Getty Images Grasmere, which is a lake with a small island towards the back left. The island is covered in trees and the water on the lake is calm. Bright green fields and trees surround the perimeter of the lake. Houses and buildings are scattered across the landscape.AFP via Getty Images
Charlie Saw and a friend had attempted to swim across Grasmere in the Lake District

A 19-year-old man died after getting into difficulty while swimming across a lake, a coroner has said.

Apprentice electrician Charlie Ellis Saw, from Boston in Lincolnshire, entered the water at Grasmere in Cumbria on Saturday 8 August, with the aim of swimming to the other side.

Members of the public helped him and his friend to the shore before CPR was started. Saw was taken to Royal Preston Hospital by helicopter but died in the early hours of the following day.

Area Coroner for Cumbria Margaret Taylor officially opened the inquest into his "unnatural death" at Workington Coroner's Court.

The inquest was adjourned and is set to resume on 9 December.

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