A PENSIONER who was pulled from the water during a fishing holiday drowned after a heart attack, an inquest heard.

Keen fisherman John Claydon, from Colchester, was enjoying fishing in Scotland before tragedy struck on August 1 last year.

Essex Coroner’s Court heard a fellow fisherman spotted him in the water while walking along the riverbank and pulled him from its depths.

Despite the best efforts of paramedics, the 72-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 1pm.

An inquest has now heard Mr Claydon drowned due to a heart attack as a result of chronic heart related conditions.

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