Paddleboard firm owner jailed over river deaths

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A former paddleboard firm owner has been jailed for more than 10 years after the deaths of four people on a river in west Wales.

Nerys Bethan Lloyd, 39, an ex-police officer from Port Talbot, owned Salty Dog, a now-dissolved company operating the fatal tour in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in October 2021.

Paul O'Dwyer, Andrea Powell, Morgan Rogers and Nicola Wheatley died after paddleboarding in "extremely hazardous conditions" on the Western Cleddau river.

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