An inquest held at Bootle Town Hall today heard how Reuben Reynolds was found face down in a pond in the rear garden of his home on Brownmoor Lane in Crosby on Saturday, July 18.

Emergency services were called to an address in Crosby to reports that a boy had fallen into a pond. Sadly, despite best efforts the three-year-old could not be saved

Reuben Reynolds was found "face down" in the garden pond of his home in Crosby, Merseyside, and died later in hospital with an inquest opened into his death