Bethany Skinner drowned after an argument with her boyfriend in Bognor A BUTLIN S worker drowned in the sea following a row with her boyfriend who was mocked for bringing her along on a lads night out - an inquest heard. Bethany Skinner, 22, who could not swim and was petrified of water , entered the sea during the argument and was dragged out by the tide. Her boyfriend, former lifeguard Philip Errickson desperately tried to save her from the fierce waves but she was swept under the pier. Speaking at the inquest in Crawley, he said: We were arguing. It wasn t until she was seemingly in trouble that I went in.