Girl who died in Doncaster pond "got away through fence" - inquest

A seven-year-old girl who died after falling into a pond at a golf course got away from her childminder through a gap in a fence, an inquest has heard. Nyla May Bradshaw was taken to a park in the Owston area of Doncaster in the morning of 30 March and was reported missing a short time later. An inquest opened at Doncaster Coroner's Court earlier heard Nyla, who was non-verbal and autistic, had passed through a hole in a fence and headed towards nearby woodland. She was later found unresponsive and face down in a pond in the grounds of Owston Hall Hotel and was pronounced dead at Doncaster Royal Infirmary at 13:18 BST. Senior coroner Nicola Mundy fixed a provisional date for a full inquest on 8 December. Speaking to the BBC previously, family friend Charlotte Cooper described Nyla as "an escape artist" who had a tendency to run off. Cooper said the Ofsted-registered childminder had been told that Nyla was a "flight risk". Cooper said by about 9:45 BST that day, Nyla's parents received a phone call saying Nyla had gone missing and her body was later located by police helicopter in the pond. Paying tribute to her, Cooper described Nyla, from Skellow, as "full of light and amazing ene