A woman has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in Birmingham following the death of a man during a baptism ceremony.Emergency services raced to a "medical emergency" at a private address in Erdington, on October 8 where a man in his 60s was reported to have been taking part in the ceremony carried out by Life Changing Ministries.
The incident took place in a small pool in the property's garden, but he died at the scene despite "advanced life support" being carried out.
The religious occasion was being streamed live on the church's Facebook page, but the stream was cut during the event and the video was later removed report the Mirror.Following the tragic event, Cheryl Reid - who leads Life Changing Ministries Apostolic Church - said in a separate video posted on Facebook that Robert Yap, of the same church, had died.
The Facebook post quotes Corinthians. It says: "We are confident I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." More than 1,700 comments follow the video, including emotional tributes to Mr Yap and kind messages of support to his family.Mr Reid says in the clip Mr Yap travelled to Birmingham to be baptised, adding he had lived with Parkinson's Disease and been a member for four years.
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