Soldiers had been asked to speak up if they could not swim
Soldiers taking part in the exercise at Chadwick Lakes in February 2009 during which Gunner Matthew Psaila had died had been asked to speak up if they could not swim but nobody did, one of the accused, Lieutenant Christian Vella, told court this morning.
People in Oxford are being urged not to swim in open water despite the warm weather after a man died in the River Thames.