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The inquest also heard from 31-year-old Yousef Tarfasi who was arrested on suspicion of rape in November but subsequently released with no further action.
He confirmed for the first time that he was the person seen in CCTV footage with Ms Everest.
He said he had lied to police about being in the CCTV because he was afraid he would be charged with her murder.
"I was going back home and I ran across her and she was drunk and she was crying," he said.
He added that he held her hand and they walked together to where she told him she lived, at one point getting a taxi which he paid for.
Mr Dorries said the final bit of CCTV footage had shown Ms Everest sitting alone on a wall across the river from where she was found.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, he said: "Whilst the exact circumstances of how she came to be in the water are uncertain it was clearly accidental and without third-party involvement.
"It is apparent that alcohol and hypothermia played a part in the circumstances. It's clear that there was nobody else there."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-36722959
He confirmed for the first time that he was the person seen in CCTV footage with Ms Everest.
He said he had lied to police about being in the CCTV because he was afraid he would be charged with her murder.
"I was going back home and I ran across her and she was drunk and she was crying," he said.
He added that he held her hand and they walked together to where she told him she lived, at one point getting a taxi which he paid for.
Mr Dorries said the final bit of CCTV footage had shown Ms Everest sitting alone on a wall across the river from where she was found.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, he said: "Whilst the exact circumstances of how she came to be in the water are uncertain it was clearly accidental and without third-party involvement.
"It is apparent that alcohol and hypothermia played a part in the circumstances. It's clear that there was nobody else there."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-36722959