Three London sisters drowned off Brighton beach in suicide pact, inquest finds

Jane Adetoro, 36, left Christina Walters, 32, second right, and Rebecca Walters, 31, with their father PA MediaThree London sisters who drowned off Brighton beach committed suicide after visiting the lake where their mother died 16 years earlier, an inquest has ruled. Their mother, Janice Adetoro, took her own life at Brookvale Lake in Birmingham back in 2010.The women took an Uber to the city visited their mother’s grave on May 11, 2026.They were driven back to London the next day after being picked up close to the lake. Members of a search and rescue team on Brighton beach on May 13, 2026 GettyThe inquest heard on Thursday that the sisters travelled to Brighton that evening, arriving near the seafront at 10.21pm.Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cullimore told the inquest “the sea was particularly rough” that day.He said: “On Wednesday, May 13, two calls were received reporting bodies could be seen in the sea in Brighton.“One body appeared lifeless and had been washed up on the shore. It was windy and the sea was particularly rough.”Senior Coroner Penelope Schofield told Brighton Coroner’s Court: “I will record in respect for each of them that on May they entered the sea at West Beach, Brighton to end their lives.“They could not swim and the conditions were adverse.”The inquest heard the sea was ‘particularly rough’ the day the women went to Brighton GettyThe sisters are thought to have last been seen alive on CCTV from the beach at 2.42am on May 13.Emergency services were called to the scene at around 5.45am on May 13, before their bodies were pulled from the water.Ms Adetoro was brought to shore by an RNLI crew and declared dead at the scene on the morning of May 13, the inquest heard.Christina Walters was recovered from the sea by an RNLI lifeboat, and Rebecca Walters was washed on to the shore of Brighton beach. They were also pronounced dead that morning by paramedics.Read MoreNatalie Walters-Daniel, 33, said: “To lose their mum at the ages that they were, it was the crucial stages of growing up and becoming young women.“The years where a mother’s presence and guidance and reassurance and love should be, they didn’t receive that. “And for them to come to Birmingham, to take that moment that they did within the lake and also to see their mother, I think that there is definitely a connection there.”Samaritans can be contacted for free, day or night, 365 days a year, on 116 123, or visit samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.