Whitey Ford
02-06-2019, 10:28 AM
A man who gave his girlfriend drugs at a music festival filmed her and branded her a "drama queen" as she lay dying, a court has heard.
Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24, the daughter of Holby City actor John Michie, was found dead in woods on the Bestival site in Dorset in 2017.
Boyfriend Ceon Broughton, 29, failed to seek help because he feared breaching a suspended jail sentence, jurors heard.
He denies manslaughter and supplying drugs.
"His failure to get her treatment which may well have saved her life was borne of selfishness and in self-preservation," Mr Mousley said.
"Because to have done otherwise, to have acted positively, he knew would have exposed him to the possibility of arrest and prosecution for a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment."
"Failure to act was a substantial cause of her death," he added.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-47122492
Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24, the daughter of Holby City actor John Michie, was found dead in woods on the Bestival site in Dorset in 2017.
Boyfriend Ceon Broughton, 29, failed to seek help because he feared breaching a suspended jail sentence, jurors heard.
He denies manslaughter and supplying drugs.
"His failure to get her treatment which may well have saved her life was borne of selfishness and in self-preservation," Mr Mousley said.
"Because to have done otherwise, to have acted positively, he knew would have exposed him to the possibility of arrest and prosecution for a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment."
"Failure to act was a substantial cause of her death," he added.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-47122492