Fundraiser set up after death of 10-year-old in swimming pool

Local businessman Huseyin Yilmaz set up an online fundraising page to help with funeral costs

A fundraising campaign to pay for the funeral costs of a young girl who died at an Aberdeen swimming pool earlier this week, has raised more than £13,000.

The 10 year old, today named locally as Jessica Rennie, died after getting into difficulty at the pool in the city’s Northfield area.

Emergency services were called to Kettlehills Crescent on Monday evening.
She was taken to hospital following the incident but later died.

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