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Man and woman arrested over boy's drowning

A man and a woman have been arrested after a boy from Staffordshire drowned in a water park.

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Five-year-old Charlie Dunn, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, died on July 23 following an incident at Bosworth Water Park, near Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Yesterday a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.

They have also been arrested on suspicion of child neglect.

At the time of the tragic incident, mother Lynsey Dunn, 28, and step father Paul Smith, 35, were taken into custody on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.

They were initially released on bail before charges against them were dropped in December.

A spokesman for Leicestershire Police said: "A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.

"It follows an incident at Bosworth Water Park, near Hinckley, on 23 July 2016, in which five-year-old Charlie Dunn, who came from Tamworth, drowned.

"They have also been arrested on suspicion of child neglect.

"The man, who is in his 30s, and the woman, who is in her 20s, were arrested in Staffordshire this morning."