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James Corfield: Inquest on teenager who died at Royal Welsh Show to start

The inquest on a teenager who died at the Royal Welsh Show will take place tomorrow.

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James Corfield

James Corfield was last seen in the early hours of the morning on July 25 in Builth Wells town centre.

The young farmer and talented cricketer from Montgomery was at the show as part of his farming duties.

His disappearance sparked a five-day, large-scale search.

He was due to meet up with family at the showground, but failed to show and a full scale search involved hundreds of people from Montgomery and Powys.

After five days of searching the 19-year-old was discovered in a deep pool in the River Wye.

An inquest was opened and adjourned at Aberdare in August by Coroner Andrew Barkley, who said he did not suspect any third party involvement.

The full inquest will take place tomorrow at Welshpool Town Hall.

His disappearance saw the community come together and rally around the Corfield family.

On August 17, around 2,000 people turned up at Montgomery Cricket Ground, where Mr Corfield enjoyed some of his finest cricketing moments, to pay tribute to the teenager.

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