The sister of an 'amazing and beautiful' dad-to-be who died after his body was pulled from a brook in Cheadle has spoken of her heartache and paid tribute to her brother.
Junaid Athar was just 26 years old when he was tragically found in water off Wilmslow Road in Cheadle, Stockport, on May 26.
Emergency services raced to reports of a 'person in need of rescue' beside Brookfields Park. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
Personal trainer Junaid was expecting a child with his wife who he had married just weeks earlier when tragedy struck, his sister Natasha said. READ MORE "It's every parent's worst nightmare": Mum of missing Oldham teenager says he 'may have travelled to London' Paying tribute to Junaid, whose inquest opened at Stockport Coroner's Court on Wednesday (June 19), his sister Natasha said he 'dreamed of being an inspiration to others' and trained people 'to never give up'.
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