The father of Louelle Fletcher-Michie has told how Ceon Broughton left his daughter to die infront of him.
Taggart star John Michie and his wife dashed to the Bestival site from London when they heard their daughter "screeching" on the phone after she had taken the class A hallucinogenic drug 2-CP.
Broughton, who gave Ms Fletcher-Michie the lethal dose, insisted she was fine and said she was just being "drama queen" - but her desperate parents knew their daughter needed urgent help.
When Broughton was questioned about his girlfriend's death by police, he tried to shift the blame onto her parents.
Read more: Man found guilty of manslaughter after Taggart star's daughter died from drug overdose
Her mother Carol told the court: "I couldn't believe that was her voice and that's the last time I heard her voice."
Her father, who has also starred in Coronation Street and Holby City, said: "I think Louella loved Ceon. I'm not sure he loved her.
"I don't know how you could ever say you loved someone if you left them to die in front of you."
A clue to Broughton's motivation in failing to act emerged during the trial.
The convicted drug dealer told a friend he feared he would be "bagged" by police and even tried to stop her family rushing to the festival.
Instead, he filmed her deadly "trip" near the music festival site in the grounds of Lulworth Castle in Dorset on September 10, 2017.
Broughton also apparently took a photograph of Miss Fletcher-Michie, a yoga and dance teacher, after she died - an hour before her 25th birthday.
When questioned by police later, he tried to shift the blame for his failure to act.
He said she had been "fine at first" but then "kind of spiralled and it like it worried me then".
He told police: "I called her mum and then she told me to go and get to someone in high vis and that was like a few hours later.
"That was a few hours later because I was trying to calm her down.
"She was like wriggling around in the stinging nettles and stuff, that's why she has cuts and stuff on her hands."
He continued: "Her mum and dad said they were on their way as well, go back to, go back to high vis and see the same guy again.
"I wanted to just carry her. I would have carried her myself but yeah they told me to go get someone with a high vis.
"But yeah I would have carried her myself down to the medical tent.
"Yeah they didn't really help at all like, didn't even help at all."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel