A couple who drowned at a luxury hotel were having an affair, it was claimed yesterday.
Komba Kpakiwa, 31, and Josephine Foday, 22, were found floating face 
down in the pool at the four-star Down Hall Country House Hotel in 
Hatfield Heath, Essex, on Saturday.
Mr Kpakiwa, who was married with two young children, had taken Miss 
Foday, a nursing student who was not his wife, away for a surprise 
weekend break to celebrate her birthday on Friday.
Josephine Newahun Foday, left, and Komba Kpakiwa, right, were found 
drowned at the Down Hall Country House Hotel in Hatfield, Essex
They had gone out for the day, before returning to the hotel room 
they were sharing and then going down to the pool, the inquest at 
Chelmsford Coroner’s Court heard yesterday.
A hotel guest saw the pair floating in the ten-metre indoor pool but 
presumed they were playing a game and went into the sauna, it was 
claimed last night.
When the guest returned to the pool he saw they were face down in the
 water and dialled 999. The pair were pronounced dead at the scene.