UK - Mystery over death of girl, 16, at cannabis party

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Published on Tuesday 29 March 2011 17:00

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http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/mystery_over_death_of_girl_16_at_cannabis_party_1_3230605

THE family of a teenage girl from North Yorkshire who died mysteriously after a party may never know what caused her death after an inquest heard how she most likely had an undetected heart condition.

A post-mortem revealed A-level student Camilla Irvine, 16, had an “unidentified compound” in her body - but it is not thought this was what killed her.

A doctor has now warned her brother to be tested for any possible heart defect after hearing on the balance of probabilities this was what killed his sister.
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Another friend, Jacob Attwood, was asked by the coroner if he had seen her take any drugs, other than the cannabis. He replied: “I swear on my life she hadn’t taken anything, I could just tell. She was happy. When we left the party she helped tidy up.

Camilla lived with her family on a farm in Newton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire. She was a former pupil of Ripon Grammar School and was less than a month into her A-Level studies at Richmond Grammar School.

In a previous statement her parents paid tribute to their daughter saying: “Milla was bubbly and vivacious girl who lived life to the full. She had a wide circle of friends, was caring about everyone she knew and was passionate about fashion.

“Milla’s loss will leave a massive hole in not only our lives but those of her many, many friends.”
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Reader comments

projectbrainsaver
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 01:03 AM

Answer this for me please. What made you headline this party as a 'cannabis party'? Do you mean that the sole purpose of the party was for the majority of the party goers to smoke or eat cannabis? A pal's bash? So was the pal, and all their friends, smokers or users of cannabis? Justify this headline for me please - don't just leave it as it is - it adds to inaccurate press about cannabis which a lot of people are trying to get legalised for valid medical use if for no other reason. your headline does imply that cannabis had something directly to do with Camilla Irvine's death. I am one of these people - I need cannabis allowed for my epilepsy - read up on the new facts being put out re cannabis and stop playing games with peoples memories and my possible peaceful, non trembling future.
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Tony J-A
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 11:28 PM

All those annonymous words -who was the reporter? the only accurate words published other than the names of the coroner and experts who concluded that "it’s far more likely it was a problem within her heart which developed when she slept." are the grief of milla's family and friends. A truly shoddy piece of reporting worthy only of a giveaway rag.
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AnOnYmOuS11
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 10:56 PM

This is heartless, and extreemly insensitive! As a friend of the family, im absolutley appauled that you could publish something as disgusting as this. Anyone involved in this should be extreemly ashamed of themselves, using this heartbreaking case and twisting it is completely wrong. Next time you should think about what your printing because this just isnt acceptable
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my entire life is basically a "cannabis party" except usually without the tidying up
 
death itself is incredibly deadly. A shockingly high percentage of dead people have experienced some form of death.
 
What was the unidentified compound? Why wasn't it identified? If she had consumed mephedrone or some similar stimulant it's certainly possible that this would push someone with a previously undetected heart condition over the edge.
 
Sad situation. Everyone here knows weed had nothing to do wit her death. Unless she did in fact have a heart condition it might have sped her heart rate up to much. Even then thats rare. I know a few people wit heart conditions who smoke weed and plenty of other stuff and are fine. But this is just one of those things that happens i guess.
 
I can't help but wonder how different this story would have been told if it was an ecstasy pill she took.

I reckon this part wouldn't exist "A post-mortem revealed A-level student Camilla Irvine, 16, had an “unidentified compound” in her body - but it is not thought this was what killed her." lol.
 
I have aggressive heart disease,3 stents, and have had 2 heart attacks and smoke weed regularly. That whole story is straight up bullshit. Did she die in her sleep or just fall over dead? There are plenty of cases of young people having SAD (Sudden Adult Death) over something as simple as being startled. That reporter needs to be flogged.
 
Cambo said:
I can't help but wonder how different this story would have been told if it was an ecstasy pill she took.

I reckon this part wouldn't exist "A post-mortem revealed A-level student Camilla Irvine, 16, had an “unidentified compound” in her body - but it is not thought this was what killed her." lol.
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an “unidentified compound” sums up most pills in the uk.
 
The whole headline is incorrect. It was established that she had a heart defect, and she wasn't at a cannabis party. Is the Yorkshire press a good paper or on the level of the Daily Fail?
 
Haha there were three pages of comments on that article, all of them complaining about the article, author and/or the headline. And now it's unavailable. =D
 
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