David Celino, 16, died after taking one-and-a-half ecstasy tablets at Leeds Festival last August
Thousands of teenagers heading for Leeds Festival have been warned by a coroner to “heed the lessons drawn” from the “painful tragedy” of the death of a 16-year-old who took ecstasy at last year’s event.
Mr McLoughlin told Wakefield Coroner’s Court on Thursday that he believed the teenager took one-and-a-half tablets he and his friends bought from a dealer at the site who has never been identified. Following the death of 17-year-old Anya Buckley from a drugs-related death at the festival in 2019, the same coroner issued a report which urged organisers to think about whether unaccompanied 16 and 17-year-olds should be allowed into the event, which attracts 90,000 people every August.
“Please take the time now to prepare your children and their friendship group for what they will experience at what might be their first festival. What to do if something goes wrong and how to get help. The inquest heard no festival staff intervened before David’s friends got him to the medical centre as they became more and more concerned about him. Mr Celino said: “Not one of the over 1,000 stewards and volunteers there to ensure the festival is a safe environment came forward to help him.
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