A Church of Scotland charity worker told a Fatal Accident Inquiry she relied on assurances that a 12-year-old boy did not need to be able to swim before she took him on a paddleboarding session on a “dangerous” Scottish river.
Kayden Walker drowned after he slipped from his board in churning water on the River Tay in Perthshire.
Kayden, from Bridgeton, Glasgow, who was unable to swim even ten metres without a float, was wearing a personal floatation aid, but not a full lifejacket.
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