Boy drowns after falling into farm pond

Inquest hears how four-year-old went missing while playing with siblings

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Ifan Wedros Owen-Jones was found face down in the water after going missing on the farm
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Ifan Wedros Owen-Jones was found face down in the water after going missing on the farm

A four-year-old boy died after drowning in a pond on his family's farm, an inquest has been told. Ifan Wedros Owen-Jones was found face down in the water after going missing on the farm in the Blaenffos...

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