The 17-year-old's body was recovered by a police underwater search diver the following day. Ashamekh remained on the pontoon, but the inquest heard he too then entered the water and began to swim across to the boat. The inquest heard that the group called 999 just after 4pm, and police arrived soon after. The inquest heard that at 3.26pm on April 8, a police underwater search diver located Ashamekh's body at the bottom of the river. The inquest heard that Ashmekh was an "excellent student" at Liverpool Life Sciences University Technical.