Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 222

THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER 1994 5 EVENING STANDARD TWO survivors of the Lyme Bay canoe consciousness before disappearing beneath the waves Samantha Stansby 17 whose canoe was the last to sink was describing how she had struck out for the shore in a desperate bid to fetch help As she left she noticed her friend Clare Langley 16 was unable to lift up her head as waves started breaking over her hands had become rigid and she hold on to anybody Everyone was trying to encourage each other I noticed Clare able to lift her head up any more She started spitting phlegm up and started speaking like a baby Samantha was giving evidence at Winchester Crown Court where the Jury heard that at least two of those who died were wearing Johanna WMB (left) and Samantha Stansby: They straggled to keep their friends aBvt MOIEBOOK EBW £660 IMMli MM miKTTM Powerful 25MHz 486SX processor 4Mb RAM 144Mb floppy disk drive Fast 120Mb hard disk Mono VGA LCD display External SVGA port Integral trackball Mains or NiCad power had been in the water for hours she said was but the words were all mixed up Clare was foaming at the mouth Her lifejacket properly inflated kept drifting in and out of consciousness Rachel speaking She was just moaning She had her eyes shut and waves were going over her Johanna tried desperately to keep head out of the water and asked Dean to help her but he was in a similar condition was asking for his Mum and she said was crying and said he help He was very weak was unconscious lifejackets only partly inflated and their instructor from the St Albans Challenge Centre from where they had set out made no attempt to blow them up dare Langley died with Simon Dunne and Rachel Walker both 16 and Dean Sayer 17 on 22 March last year when their party from Southway School in Plymouth was swept out to sea Samantha's statement which was read out to the Jury to spare her the stress of reliving her ordeal went on: noticed Simon was calling people by different She had decided to set out for the shore with another friend Emma Hartley shouted to Emma on you can do 1 could see the land so I knew I was getting somewhere Then I got cramp in both my legs hit me on the back ofthe head so I turned over I saw a grey helicopter going WAIMSTATKXI325SX 386SX 25 80Mb drive 4Mb RAMmono display specs as above DOS 62 Windows 31 NOTEBOOK SPECIALS LIMITED SUPPLY! FACIT DM 3868125MHz 120Mb 4Mb RAM Hi-res VGA display £550 ZENITH 486SL SUB -KV 170Mb 4Mb RAM (ext floppy £49) £750 AMBRA SUB-NOTEBOOK 486SX25MHZ 170Mb 4Mb RAM £799 MOONY 386SL 25 COL 80Mb 2Mb RAM DOS 6 Win 31 £699 LEADING EDGE386SL25 120Mb 4Mb RAM £599 1EADM EDGE 386SL 25 120Mb 2Mb RAM 31 £550 Peter Kite managing dir-was trying to ector of the parent company help both Rachel and Dean I Active Learning And Lei- was treading water trying to sure deny manslaughter keep She described Active Learning now OLL how help arrived just min- Ltd also denies manslaugh-utes too late to save Dean ter The case continues by PATRICK McGOWAN along the edge of the coast and I used up the last bit of my strength waving to it but they see me just gave up My eyes started closing the water started coming into my mouth and kept me awake I awake Then I heard a copter right above me It was a yellow helicopter and I saw a man in it putting his thumb up to me and 1 was happy was the first person it picked up I was wrapped in a blanket then they picked up another girl Johanna Willis never held anybody so Johanna said that although her lifejacket was only partly inflated she did not dare try to blow it up in case it went down fiirther She described the desperate situation after the party NOVEMBER Sayer was waving when the first helicopter went over then he went she said The party of novice canoe ists had set out across Lyme Bay to Charmouth in the care of two instructors from the centre who were themselves completely inexperienced The week before Tony Mann and Karen Gardener had attended a British Canoe Union training course and had been instructed by Stephen Gines They passed each with a one-star certificate which Mr Gines told the court was easily within the capability of an eight-year-old Joe Stoddart manager of the St Albans centre and Doris Speed: Signed np to play Annie for three weeks November William Roache who plays Ken Barlow said: always thought Doris would go on forever was the last of the original great characters It is the end of an A COMPlflE IBM COMPATIBLE WP COMMODORE HARD DBX XT 640KRAM 20Mb hard disk 14" hl-res mono montor kqytmd Brand new damaged packaging but full warranty SHNWANLQ DOT MATRIX wide carriage del matrix printer with near letter quality mode EIGHTH ONE SOFTWARE word database spreadsheet and more BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB veteran Doris dies at 95 DTK 486DX 33 170Mb MULUMBXA SYSTEM Powerful 33MHz 486DX processor 4Mb RAM -max 32Mb on board Fast 170Mb hard disk 3 floppy 512K SVGA 14" SVGA monitor Panasonic single speed CD ROM 16 bit sound card and speakers Keyboard and mouse FENDI PANASONIC DUAL SPBED EXTERNAL CD ROM OEM MANUFACTURED Model CR 5638-external MPC II CD ROM Multisession Photo CD compat QQQ Inc card cables and software Evil ACTRESS Doris Speed who played Coronation Street's Annie Walker for 23 years died In a Man-Chester nursing home today aged 95 Miss Speed appeared in the first episode broadcast in December 1960 on a three-week contract She did not leave until If after collapsing on set i 84 Her last television appearance was on a commemorative programme in 1990 Miss Speed described the Return landlady as silly vain pretentious woman everything I am She had been dne to attend a tribute to Coronation Street at Manchester Town Hall on 28 ONE DAY ONLY WMwVA(17JKMwnFfioOilUWlCtlBlwKIIEdt E3 els 071-2552115 071-6381138 021-4565565 64-72 New Oxford Street London WC1 179 Tottenham Court Road London W1 MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT CALL NOW ON CUVE HOTEL PRIMROSE HILL ROAD HAMPSTEAD LONDON NW3 Tel: 071 586 2233 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB.