After two people were killed and eight injured after an incident off a beach in Bournemouth police initially thought the cause was a pleasure cruiser called Dorset Belle

A pleasure cruiser did not cause the deaths of two young people off Bournemouth beach, a coroner has ruled. Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned while eight other people were treated by paramedics after they were thought to have been caught in a riptide next to the pier at the Dorset seaside resort on May 31 last year.

A coroner has ruled out the involvement of a pleasure cruiser in the deaths of two young people who drowned at a seaside resort. Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton, and 12-year-old Sunnah Khan, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, both died after getting into trouble in the water on 31 May last year.

After consulting an expert, Dorset Police said it made an evidence-based decision regarding the boat's movement.

A coroner has ruled out the involvement of a pleasure cruiser as "causative or contributory" to the deaths of two young people who drowned off Bournemouth beach.

Coroner rules out involvement of pleasure cruiser in Bournemouth drowning deaths - During a pre-inquest review, Rachael Griffin said that the Dorset Belle was not a factor in the deaths.