THE BODY of a woman was discovered in a river in Llanwrst, an inquest opening heard. 

Brenda Owen, of School Bank Road, Llanwrst, was sadly pronounced dead on September 12 near Glasdir car park.

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At County Hall, Ruthin on Monday (September 23), an inquest opening was held into the death of the 59-year-old.

John Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales (East and Central), said that Mrs Owen's body had been discovered in the River Conwy behind the police station in Llanwrst at around 4pm on September 12. 

A pathologist's provisional cause of death was presumed drowning. 

Mr Gittins adjourned the inquest until a later date.