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James Corfield: New year inquest on young farmer who died during Royal Welsh Show

The inquest on a teenager whose body was discovered in the River Wye during the Royal Welsh Show has been postponed until the new year.

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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 was due to take place at Welshpool Magistrates Court on Friday, but was only held as a pre-inquest review.

The full inquest will now take place on January 12.

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