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| Nida Naseer inquest: Questions over missing teenager's death | Nida Naseer inquest: Questions over missing teenager's death |
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| Questions still surround the death of a teenager who went missing after leaving her home barefoot in the middle of the winter, an inquest has heard. | |
| Nida Naseer, 18, vanished from her parent's house in Newport last December and her body was found in wetlands three months later. | Nida Naseer, 18, vanished from her parent's house in Newport last December and her body was found in wetlands three months later. |
| The Newport inquest heard it was "possible" the student may have fallen from a bridge into the River Usk. | The Newport inquest heard it was "possible" the student may have fallen from a bridge into the River Usk. |
| Coroner David Bowen recorded an open verdict. | Coroner David Bowen recorded an open verdict. |
| The hearing was told that with no confirmed sightings of her since she disappeared and a post mortem examination revealing no sign of injuries, questions still surrounded her death. | |
| Sought asylum | |
| The Coleg Gwent student's body was found at Newport Wetlands on 27 March this year, about four miles (6.5km) from her home. | |
| Her family had previously made several public appeals for her to return home. | |
| At the time, they said she had been depressed and believed she disappeared because the family's asylum-seeker status prevented her from attending university, despite the fact she achieved top grades. | |
| They had sought asylum after coming to the UK from Pakistan five years ago but their application was turned down a year ago. | |
| The inquest heard she suffered "hurt and stress" leading to family arguments. | |
| 'Taking a course' | |
| Gwent Police Det Con Stephen Davies told the inquest: "Her disappearance was a complete mystery. Nida had never been missing before and her actions were totally out of character. | |
| "She was taking a business course at a local college but wanted to secure a place at university. | |
| "But because of her family's asylum situation she could not get a place. | |
| "This caused a great deal of hurt and stress." | |
| Her father Naseer Tahir, 55, told the hearing: "I cannot explain why my daughter left the house. | |
| "The family disagreement would not have been the reason. I know she had been upset over her inability to pursue her chosen education at university." | |
| 'Pure speculation' | 'Pure speculation' |
| Mr Bowen said there was "insufficient evidence to reach a conclusion" as to how Miss Naseer came to her death. | |
| "Police investigations failed to find any evidence as to when, how or in what manner Miss Naseer's body entered the river," he said. | |
| "How this happened is pure speculation. | "How this happened is pure speculation. |
| "And this inquest is not concerned with speculation, it is concerned with the facts. | "And this inquest is not concerned with speculation, it is concerned with the facts. |
| "Miss Naseer's father described his daughter's disappearance as a mystery. | "Miss Naseer's father described his daughter's disappearance as a mystery. |
| "From the evidence that I have heard I am satisfied never such a description been more appropriate." | "From the evidence that I have heard I am satisfied never such a description been more appropriate." |