Student died in Dorset dive after she was 'trapped by water vortex'

A university student died after being caught in an "underwater vortex" while diving off the south coast of England, an inquest heard yesterday.

- Steven Morris

Emily Sherwin, 20, who studied marine conservation, was diving off Old Harry Rocks near Swanage, Dorset, when she got caught in the current and became separated from her dive buddy.

She did not surface and a large air and sea search was launched but her body was not found, the inquest in Bournemouth heard.

Sherwin lived with her parents, Charles, a dentist, and Ellen, a consultant oncologist, close to Poole Harbour in Dorset.

She had just finished her first year at the University of Plymouth and was planning a placement in the Pacific for her third year.