Dead diver's training was slap-happy

A married father-of-two died while taking a dive course run by a school at which standards were "casual" or "slap-happy", an inquest has heard.
Roger Pye, 51, from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, was taking part in a dive off Portland, in Dorset in 2001.
Aquasplash owner Nigel Band was his buddy but left him to help a female student whose belt had slipped off. The coroner recorded an open verdict in the case of Mr Pye, whose body was found five years later on the sea bed. Mr Pye's body was found in April, 2006 by a diver out spear fishing. He was identified using DNA and from a bank card in his trouser pocket. The HSE prosecuted Mr Band under the Health and Safety at Work Act but he was acquitted of any wrong-doing. He has since moved abroad and did not attend the inquest and Aquasplash is no longer trading.