Heartbroken mum of teen who died after taking MDMA says life is “tinged with sadness”
The heartbroken mum of a tragic Stirling teen who died after taking MDMA said life is “tinged with sadness” as the man who supplied the drugs to her avoided jail.The teenager, remembered by her mum Louise Anderson as an “amazing, vibrant young girl”, was given the drugs by Martin Cooper, 21, who also supplied them to two other girls, on July 22, 2020.
Louise said: “The sentencing is an absolute joke. He has got 18 months supervision and a Community Payback Order. He’s under social work supervision which means he gets a meeting with social work once a week and that’s it. “He has been out there waiting and living while we’ve been trying to go through things without Ellie.”
Speaking to the Observer, Louise said: “My youngest Ramsay is a year younger than Ellie and he has always got that sadness now that he’s overtaken how old she would have been. There have been so many things that have happened whether it’s birthdays or her sisters getting pregnant and having babies. There is that joy tinged with sadness because there is somebody missing.”
Louise added: “Ellie had her whole life mapped out for years, she was working on her career in hair and beauty and was accepted on to her course in Glasgow and an example of the things you don’t think about – having to phone the college to say she won’t be attending because she’s died.” Mr McCready also pointed out that a favourable report had been prepared for the court which mentioned non-custodial sentencing options for the accused.
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