The night of drugs and booze that ended in a young woman's death - and landed her partner in court
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man gave his partner crack cocaine hours before she died having taken a cocktail of drugs and alcohol. Rebecca Walsh was found dead the day after a night with Graham Waldren and a friend.
Ms Walsh, 28, took some of the £120-worth of crack Waldren had, along with some of his prescription methadone, and drank alcohol.
She was found unresponsive in her bedroom the following day. Medics were unable to revive her and she was pronounced dead. At an inquest into Ms Walsh's death, a pathologist determined the cause of death to be a combination of an anti-depressant; methadone; cocaine; and alcohol. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Assistant coroner Michael Salt recorded a conclusion of 'drug and alcohol-related death'.
As police made their enquiries, Waldren, from Oldham, admitted he had bought what he believed to be crack cocaine. Pleading guilty to attempting to supply class A drugs, he was handed a community order at Minshull Street Crown Court.
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