LISTEN: Headteacher @ChilwellSchool tells Capital the death of 12-year-old Owen Jenkins will leave 'a great hole in our community'

Jul 12, 2017, 05:31 AM

Capital's been told classmates of 12-year-old Owen Jenkins will get to tell teachers how they'd like to remember him.

The rugby player, from Nottingham, drowned in the River Trent at Beeston Marina on Monday night, he'd been trying to help two girls who were in difficulty.

Headteacher of Chilwell School Ian Brierley has told us they've set up special rooms for his friends to come to terms with what's happened.

Family and friends met at his rugby club, Nottingham Casuals, to remember him last night.