TRAGEDY unfolded in Brighton yesterday after three bodies were pulled from the water – with cops now probing how their deaths happened.

Searchers discovered the bodies of three young women close to the Marina in the early hours.

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Details about what happened before that are scant, but what we do know is that cops were first called at 5.45am over concerns for one woman in the sea.

At some point, two more women had also entered the water.

Detectives are understood to be probing whether the women entered the choppy 12C water close to where they were found before getting into difficulty.

The discovery of handbags and coats left abandoned on the shore suggests they took them off before getting into the water.

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What they did before going into the sea remains a mystery.

Locals told The Sun the women had been dressed in “going-out clothes” and may have been partying near the seafront in the hours before the tragedy.

A cluster of beachfront nightclubs are a 1.5mile walk west along Brighton‘s waterfront.

But the Marina is also near some smaller pubs and bars and residential housing.

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What may have started as a big night of fun, ended in a devastating night of horror.

Sources said they are believed to have been in their late teens or early 20s.

The alarm sparked a huge emergency response along the seafront.

After the sad discovery of the three bodies, officers then began investigating the circumstances leading to their deaths.

One local, who had been feeding birds near the scene at around 6am, told The Sun: “It was extremely windy, cold and choppy in the water.

“I’m not sure why anyone would have been in the sea. What’s happened is awful.”

Another added: “It’s absolutely tragic.

“I heard they were found close to the shore and pulled out but nothing could be done to save them.

“There were loads of ambulances and police here from very early.

“It is very, very windy and there is a strong current that pushes people east from the pier.”

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39102025/brighton-tragedy-cops-pull-three-dead-from-sea/

Brighton Beach: New theory on how 3 women died – ‘hidden drop in sea’

A source has revealed a new likely explanation behind the tragedy in Brighton.

A new theory has emerged following Wednesday’s horrific discovery of the bodies of three women on Brighton beach. Earlier on Thursday (May 14), Sussex Police confirmed the formal identification process of the three young women is underway.

A source from the coastguard service now suggests it is possible the women may have misjudged the depth to which the beach can suddenly drop. The pebbled beach around central Brighton and the Palace Pier is notorious for having steep slopes, which swimmers are continuously warned can be incredibly dangerous. “It’s feared at least one of the women went into the water for a paddle and was then suddenly dragged into danger after misjudging the shingle shelf,” a Coastguard source has said. “If you took one pace out thinking it’s flat you could go down two feet or more very quickly.