A paddleboard tour company owner has pleaded guilty to five charges in connection with the deaths of four people in 2021.
Nerys Bethan Lloyd, 39, from Aberavon, South Wales, appeared before Swansea Crown Court charged with four counts of gross negligence manslaughter and one offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Lloyd, who appeared in the dock wearing a blue shirt and dark trousers and using crutches, pleaded guilty to all charges.
Undated family handout file photos of (left to right) Morgan Rogers, Nicola Wheatley, Paul O’Dwyer and Andrea Powell (Family Handout/PA)
Mrs Justice Dame Mary Stacey set a sentencing date of April 15.
The charges relate to an incident on the River Cleddau in Pembrokeshire on October 30 2021, which resulted in the deaths of Paul O’Dwyer, 42, Andrea Powell, 41, Morgan Rogers, 24, and Nicola Wheatley, 40.
Lloyd was the owner and sole director of Salty Dog Co Ltd, which organised the paddleboarding tour.
There were four survivors of the incident.