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Mr Fletchman, 35, a British tourist from Manchester who was on a family holiday at the time of the deaths, said safety measures such as a lifeguard by the pool could have helped prevent them. He said he first knew something was wrong when a Spanish woman ran into the hotel reception making a "death cry". The youth support worker was one of the first people at the scene and gave CPR to Praise-Emmanuel at the poolside.
Mr Fletchman said he was surprised police had not spoken to him.
"If it was my situation, my family members, I'd want [police] to speak to everybody. I'd want an investigation... well and truly they should be investigating," he told the BBC.
He said there were "things that could have been put in place" to prevent what happened. Mr Fletchman said a staff member "had to run to the reception" to alert someone and should have had a walkie talkie or another way of raising the alarm. He called this an example of "silly mistakes".
"I'm not going to sit here and blame anybody, but... if it was my family that it happened to... I'd be raising alarm bells," he said.
Mr Fletchman said he felt there should have been a lifeguard on duty and that signs indicating the depth of the pool could have been clearer. He added that, had there been constant supervision, Mr Diya "wouldn't have had to jump in" and called it "a simple thing of paying somebody a standard minimum wage".
"It's better to do that and save three lives than not do that," he said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50977639
Mr Fletchman, 35, a British tourist from Manchester who was on a family holiday at the time of the deaths, said safety measures such as a lifeguard by the pool could have helped prevent them. He said he first knew something was wrong when a Spanish woman ran into the hotel reception making a "death cry". The youth support worker was one of the first people at the scene and gave CPR to Praise-Emmanuel at the poolside.
Mr Fletchman said he was surprised police had not spoken to him.
"If it was my situation, my family members, I'd want [police] to speak to everybody. I'd want an investigation... well and truly they should be investigating," he told the BBC.
He said there were "things that could have been put in place" to prevent what happened. Mr Fletchman said a staff member "had to run to the reception" to alert someone and should have had a walkie talkie or another way of raising the alarm. He called this an example of "silly mistakes".
"I'm not going to sit here and blame anybody, but... if it was my family that it happened to... I'd be raising alarm bells," he said.
Mr Fletchman said he felt there should have been a lifeguard on duty and that signs indicating the depth of the pool could have been clearer. He added that, had there been constant supervision, Mr Diya "wouldn't have had to jump in" and called it "a simple thing of paying somebody a standard minimum wage".
"It's better to do that and save three lives than not do that," he said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50977639