Mystery after body of mum found in Swanswell

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Audrey Kiernan's family want to take her body back to her native Ireland



Mystery surrounds the discovery of a woman’s body in a Coventry lake late at night.

Ambulance crews and police officers were called to Swanswell Pool in Hillfields at around 1.10am on Monday, June 19.

The woman has been named by her family as Audrey Kiernan - a mum-of-three who moved to Coventry from Dublin.

Her loved ones say they are hoping to take her body back to her native Ireland for a funeral.

West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed they were called to Swanswell Park, off Stoney Stanton Road, in the early hours of June 19.

A spokesman said: “We were called to a patient in the water and an ambulance and paramedic support officer were sent to the scene.

“On arrival, the woman was in the water and it became clear that nothing could be done to save her.”

West Midlands Police said officers were also called to “reports of a woman in the water”.

A spokesman added: “The body of a woman was recovered from the water and the matter has now been passed to the coroner.”

No other details have been released.

The Telegraph has contacted the coroner for more information.

It's not the first time a body has been found in the water at Swanswell Pool.

In December 2015, the body of Filip Kalinowski, aged 22, was found after going missing after a night out in the city centre on November 22.

At the time there was nothing to suggest his death was suspicious.

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Coventry mum was three times drink-drive limit when she drowned during heatwave swim



A drunk mum drowned after going for a late-night swim to cool off during the summer heatwave.

Audrey Kiernan was three times the drink-drive limit when she waded into Swanswell Pool in Hillfields in the early hours of June 19.

An inquest today heard from a witness who saw Miss Kiernan swimming for around 10 minutes before she “suddenly went under the water”.

Sadly the unemployed 42-year-old, of no fixed address, could not be saved and she was pronounced dead at the scene at 1.10am.

Six members of Miss Kiernan’s family travelled from her native Ireland to Coventry for today’s hearing.

A medical report following a post mortem examination on Miss Kiernan’s body showed that the cause of death was drowning.

Toxicology reports also showed a “significant amount” of alcohol in Miss Kiernan’s blood - more than three times the legal drink-drive limit.

Statements from two witnesses who were at Swanswell Park that night were also read out.

One man said he saw Miss Kiernan swimming in Swanswell Pool and that she “seemed OK”, before she “just stopped swimming - I couldn’t remember what happened after that, but I spoke to police to explain what happened”.

Another witness said he spoke with Miss Kiernan at the park before she said “she was going for a swim as she was hot”.

She then took her top and jeans off and got into the water.

The witness asked if she could swim and Audrey replied: “Yes, I’m Irish. I can swim.”

The witness said Miss Kiernan was swimming for between five and ten minutes before she suddenly went under the water.

Assistant coroner Angela Woolnough concluded that Miss Kiernan died due to an accident and that the cause of death was drowning.

She added: “Audrey Kiernan was 42, born and brought up in Dublin, and came from a large family.

“Audrey had a long history of alcohol dependency which took its toll on her health and personal life.