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Joshua Askew, South East and

Helena Wilkinson, News correspondent

Sussex Police

The three sisters, seen here with their father as teenagers, died in the sea

An inquest has opened into the deaths of three sisters in the sea off Brighton beach.

Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, who were all living together in Greenford, London, died on 13 May in what police called a "terrible tragedy".

At the inquest at Brighton & Hove Coroner's Court on Friday, senior coroner Penelope Schofield offered her condolences to their father Joseph, who attended via a remote link.

Addressing him directly she said: "It must be a difficult day for your family.

"The loss of your daughters in these tragic circumstances must be unbearable."

An investigation by Sussex Police into how the three came to be in the water is ongoing.

Officers were satisfied there was no third-party involvement in their deaths, the court heard.

The three women's recorded cause of death is yet to be…