Police have launched an investigation into the events surrounding young David’s tragic death. Though the body is yet to formally identified, police are confident it belongs to the 24-year-old sailor who went missing on Monday, May 2, after falling off a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) in the harbour.
COPS have found the body of a missing sailor “thrown overboard” off the Dorset coast after a teen was arrested and released. The massive multi-agency air and sea search involved coastguards, the RNLI, police divers and helicopter and volunteers. It’s understood David had been onboard a RIB that was taking him back from Poole Quay towards Parkstone Marina when he toppled into the water without a life jacket. David worked for software company Civica after graduating.
MORE ON DORSET Dorest police were called to Poole Harbour at 1.37 on Saturday following reports a body had been found in the marina. David has a background in dinghy sailing with his local club Weirwood Sailing Club in Forest Row, East Sussex, where he is from. “We will continue to do all we can to support them.
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It comes as a 19-year-old man from Southampton was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and then released. “I would like to thank everyone who was involved in the searches since David went missing for their efforts.” Police pulled David Haw‘s body from Poole Harbour today following a tip off. He studied economics at the University of Bristol and was treasurer and bosun of the university sailing club during his time there. He had reportedly been in Poole for the weekend for a sailing regatta involving keelboat racing at the time he is feared to have drowned.
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