A former BBC editor died after falling into a river during his New Years Eve walk, an inquest has heard.
Father-of-two Aled Glynne Davies, 65, tumbled into the River Taff after walking alone along the river bank in the darkness.
The former BBC chief had been for a meal with his wife before heading home to see in the New Year.
The inquest heard he decided to go out for a walk before midnight in Pontcanna, Cardiff, and fell into the waters while urinating.
Father-of-two Aled Glynne Davies, 65, tumbled into the River Taff after walking alone
The former BBC chief had been for a meal with his wife before heading home
More than 400 people joined a search as his family desperately appealed for homeowners to check CCTV for sightings of Aled.
But police tragically found his body two miles away four days later.
A pathologist said Mr Davies was alive when he entered the water. His widow Afryl said Mr Davies did not feel depressed.
Mr Davies had retired as editor of BBC Radio Cymru, the Welsh-language radio service run by the BBC in Cardiff.
The hearing was told he was looking forward to the wedding of his son, Gruff, the last time they spoke at the beginning of December 2022.
His wife said he was very familiar with the park but added that he was a careful person who would not go there for a walk after dark.
It was unusual he went, she said, but he was positive on the night in question.
She said she thought he had slipped into the river by accident, and would not have gone into the water on purpose.
Mrs Davies said: He had taken his house keys. That proved to me that he intended to come home that night.
He was afraid of water and felt the cold terribly, she added.
Dr Meleri Morgan, a pathologist at the University Hospital of Wales, told the inquest that Mr Davies was alive when he entered the water.
There was not enough alcohol in his body to prevent him from driving. So that would not have had an effect on how he thought and behaved.
The pathologist referred to dry drowning - where the shock of going into the water causes someone to go into cardiac arrest and die suddenly, before the lungs fill with water.
It was likely that that had happened in the case of Mr Davies, she said.
She added that the zip of Mr Davies trousers was open when he was found, and that suggested what his family believed, namely that he had slipped into the river while urinating.
The cause of death was recorded as drowning at the Pontypridd inquest. Coroner Kate Robertson concluded that he fell into the river while urinating.
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