Blues fan in hols tragedy; INQUEST: City man drowned in the sea off Tenerife.(News)

From: Birmingham Mail (England) | Date: March 21, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: By Adam Smith

AN AVID Blues fan from South Yardley drowned in the sea off Tenerife after going abroad alone last year, an inquest has revealed.

David Brueton's death at Playa De Las Americas went unnoticed for a week before Spanish authorities worked out whose body they had found in the sea.

The coast guard discovered the 40-year-old in his blue swimming trunks, on August 31 last year, but it was not until a photo of him was published on th...