Joseph Wandera, 27, from Salford, Manchester, died in January 2022 after having taken a cocktail of ecstasy and ketamine at the BPM music festival in Costa Rica, an inquest has heard.
Joseph Wandera's recorded cause of death was 'ketamine and MDMA toxicity'A promising young actor who appeared on Coronation Street died after having taken a cocktail of ecstasy and ketamine at a music festival in Costa Rica , an inquest has heard.
The day before his death, the inquest heard he sent a text message to his girlfriend back in England, Alison Maloney, which said he was 'getting on it like mad' and had had taken some 'Pink Stuff'. She recalled how Mr Wandera 'looked tired' with bags under his eyes on the flight to central America, but said he was 'otherwise healthy'.Ms Zollner said the actor had been taking a type of MDMA called 'Magic' although she wasn't sure how much he had consumed. She said 'everybody' had been buying the drug from local dealers.
She put a blanket over him, she said. Ms Zollner said the actor was 'not hot or sweaty' and she went to bed. Ms Beatson, Mr Wandera's mother, told the inquest her son had been raised in Salford and Prestwich before going onto the study the performing arts. She admitted she was 'shocked' when she found out what her son had consumed in Costa Rica because 'he's never taken anything like this before'.
The inquest heard Mr Wandera suffered a serious assault in Manchester city centre at 1am on December 16, 2019, when he was attacked by 'a group of unknown people'. Forensic pathologist Dr Charles Wilson conducted a post mortem examination of Mr Wandera when his partial, embalmed remains were repatriated following a post mortem examination in Costa Rica.
However, he concluded there were no suspicious circumstances and that Mr Wandera had voluntarily consumed the drugs found in his system.
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