A court has heard how a trio of British teachers 'panicked' when they realised they could not see a school girl who had drowned in a French lake during a school trip, as they face three years in prison for negligent manslaughter.
Steven Layne, Chantelle Lewis and Daisy Stathers are accused of the French equivalent of manslaughter by gross negligence following the death of 12-year-old Jessica Lawson in July 2015.
The schoolgirl, who was the youngest child on the trip from Wolfreton School in Willerby, near Hull, became trapped after a pontoon capsized in a lake near the city of Limoges.
A trial at the Palais de Justice in the French town of Tulle heard how Ms Lewis and Ms Stathers began to 'panic' after noticing Jessica was missing, with both becoming emotional on the witness stand during Tuesday's proceedings.
