Three sisters who drowned in the sea near Brighton took their own lives, a coroner has ruled.
Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, had been living “very private lives” following the death of their mother, who drowned in 2010, senior coroner Penelope Schofield said.
On 11 May, the sisters, who all lived together in Greenford, London, visited an area in Birmingham close to where their mother died before travelling to Brighton the following day. They later drowned in rough sea conditions in the early hours of 13 May.
The coroner said the sisters could not swim.
Their father, Joseph Jacobson, said it was heartbreaking to lose “all three of my precious daughters”.
He was among family members who followed the proceedings via video link.
In an emotional statement read on his behalf, he said he had watched his daughters grow from little girls into beautiful, intelligent women who held a special place in his heart.
He said: “Words cannot adequately express the pain of losing a child.
“To lose all three of my precious daughters is a heartbreak beyond anything I could ever have imagined.”
He added that he could not understand why his daughters’ lives had ended so suddenly and hoped they had reunited with their mother “in God’s eternal care”.

The coroner told the court: “These three sisters lived very private lives. They were very private people. We do not know why they took this course of action or why they chose to do so in Brighton.
“It is not for the court to speculate, and sadly, these reasons may never be known.”
The court heard that the sisters left their home in London and arrived together in Brighton by taxi at 22:21 BST on 12 May.
The Uber driver said they did not speak to one another during the journey.
CCTV footage showed the three sisters apparently walking up and down the seafront in the dark, with recordings capturing them at different locations along Brighton’s East Beach.
The last time they were seen alive was at 02:42 on 13 May, before they entered the sea.
The CCTV recordings formed part of the evidence examined by the coroner during the inquest into their deaths.
Police searched Christina’s laptop and discovered 227 references to water and 179 references to suicide.
The coroner said Christina had experienced anxiety and depression since their mother’s death.
Rebecca’s medical records showed no relevant information, while Jane was not registered with a doctor, Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cullimore told the court.
What happened to their mother?
An earlier inquest into their mother’s death found that she had died by drowning.
Post-mortem toxicology tests on all three sisters returned negative results for drugs and alcohol. There was also no evidence to suggest that they had been subjected to any form of violence.
An RNLI crew member recovered Ms Adetoro from the water, and she was pronounced dead at the scene on the morning of 13 May, the inquest heard.
An RNLI lifeboat later recovered the body of Christina Walters, who worked in accountancy, from the sea.
Rebecca Walters, who worked in human resources, was found after her body washed ashore on Brighton beach.
Paramedics pronounced all three sisters dead that morning.

BBC