Detective Chief Inspector David Higham, the senior investigating officer, said on Saturday: “Call handlers received reports of a man on the wrong side of the barrier and we are not ruling out the possibility that he may have entered the water.
Ms Thomas said she was preparing for the Valentine’s dinner service when she heard two loud bangs that she initially thought were fireworks.
The landlady of The Three Horseshoes in Knockholt, near Sevenoaks, Kent, said she heard two loud bangs which sounded like fireworks.
The villager, who lives close to the pub, said: “I heard three loud bangs and a bit of commotion.”.
Around 30 people were at the pub for dinner, while 20 more were in the bar as the incident unfolded just after 7pm, she said.
