A 27-year-old man died after he was found unconscious in a hotel swimming pool when on a solo holiday in Malta.
Shop manager Chris Dodd, was pronounced dead in hospital after he was taken out of a pool at Triq it-Trunċiera, St Paul's Bay, on July 15 last year.
Police had been called to reports that a man's body was unresponsive on the surface of the water, the ECHO reports.
Chris was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save him.
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Heath Westerman, assistant coroner for Cheshire, told a court how Mr Dodd was on holiday on his own when decided to visit the swimming pool at Triq it-Trunċiera.
Mr Westerman told the court police were called to the pool at around 7.45pm after Mr Dodd was seen to be unresponsive.
Attempts were made to revive him at the poolside and he was then transferred to Mater Dei Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Mr Westerman said local police viewed CCTV which showed Mr Dodd, of Runcorn, before the incident. He said the footage suggested Mr Dodd was walking 'poorly' toward the pool.
A toxicology report by the Maltese authorities found Mr Dodd had an alcohol reading of 90 mg per litre, which is just over the 80mg per litre drink driving litre in the UK. The assistant coroner said there was no evidence Mr Dodd's death was linked to anything criminal.
Mr Westerman read out a statement from Mr Dodd's family which said he had suffered with some mental health problems in the past after 'losing friends'. But they said he was 'loving life and enjoying himself' prior to his death.
Reading from the statement Mr Westerman said Mr Dodd received a Facetime call from a friend around one hour before the incident.
He said: "I am satisfied that there was no deliberate attempt to end his life." He recorded a verdict of misadventure at a read only hearing on March 2 at Warrington Coroner's Court.
In the immediate aftermath of Mr Dodd's death, his friends set up a GoFundMe page to help repatriate his body and help with funeral costs.
Anthony Cade, who set up the page, wrote: "Chris was 27, and was a warm-hearted person who loved life and seized every opportunity to smile and have fun.
“His family are not well off and the significant cost of bringing Chris home and paying for a full funeral could be too large for it to even be a possibility for them.
“Chris was a friend to so many, so whether you donate £1, or £100 we want to raise as much as possible so that his family doesn't have to shoulder the burden of worrying how much it costs to have their son return home one final time."
