Inquests to open for three sisters who died in sea

Inquests are to be opened into the deaths of three sisters who died in the sea off Brighton.

Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, from the Uxbridge area of London, died in what police described as a "tragic incident" on 13 May.

Coroner Penelope Schofield is set to open the inquests in Brighton next Friday.

Emergency services were called last week to a report of a person in the water near Black Rock car park in Madeira Drive. Two other bodies were also recovered from the sea nearby.

Their father, Joseph, paid tribute to his daughters earlier this week and said: "No words can truly describe the pain of losing three daughters in the prime of their lives."

He said the three had been "more than daughters" to him, describing them as "my joy, my strength, and the beautiful light that filled our family with happiness and love".

Sussex Police said an investigation into how the three women came to be in the water was ongoing, but there is no evidence to suggest third-party involvement or criminality.

Ch Supt Adam Hays previously said that specialist detectives were working hard to gather the full facts and circumstances of their deaths.

Heartfelt tributes were left on Brighton Beach for three women, with handwritten notes and flowers placed at the scene.

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