Mother of drowned teenager criticises police after inquest concludes
The mother of a 13-year-old boy who drowned after being deliberately pushed into a river by another teenager during a prank, has criticised the police for “institutional racism” and accused them of failing her son.
Christopher Kapessa died after being pushed off a ledge by then 14-year-old Jayden Pugh, into the River Cynon in Fernhill, near Mountain Ash, South Wales, in July 2019.
Mr Pugh, now 19, and other school friends jumped into the water to try to rescue Christopher, but were unable to save him.
The teenager’s body was recovered by the emergency services nearly two hours after he
