The inquest into the death of a solicitor who drowned in Dun Laoghaire Harbour has returned an open verdict, as The Irish Times reports.
The body of 54-year-old David Montgomery was found by his wife and brother in the water near his boat on 10 October 2022.
Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard that Montgomery has been stressed by an issue with the Law Society — which the High Court heard last year was an investigation of his family’s legal practice over a €1.7 million deficit in a client account — and had on the day of his death seen a case “going badly”.
Montgomery was also not in the habit of wearing a personal flotation device when working on his boat moored in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, the inquest was told.
Gardaí added that that they were satisfied that his drowning was a “tragic accident” but the coroner, Dr Clare Keane, returned an open verdict absent enough evidence to conclude that his death was accidental, intentional or due to misadventure.
The Irish Times has more on the story HERE.