Diving instructor faces court over death

From Gold Coast.com.au

A Japanese diving instructor is facing a Gold Coast court today charged with the manslaughter of student diver.

The 20-year-old Chinese university student drowned in the Broadwater off Wavebreak Island on April 15, 2009 during an introductory scuba dive with the Queensland Dive Company.

Police have alleged instructor Yuri Bonning, 42, failed to ensure her student's safety and did not adequately instruct her in emergency procedures.

It is also alleged that the student was over-weighted and her air regulator was faulty.

The committal is expected to run for five days in the Southport Magistrates Court before Magistrate Michael Hogan.

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