Heartbroken father describes son's drowning

A heartbroken father today told how he frantically tried in vain to save his infant son and another child from drowning in a disused swimming pool.

Heartbroken father describes son's drowning

A heartbroken father today told how he frantically tried in vain to save his infant son and another child from drowning in a disused swimming pool.

The bodies of David Smith, two, and Shea Laverty, four, were discovered floating in several feet of rainwater after they wandered off from their homes in Newry, Co Down.

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