Rapper jailed for manslaughter after supplying drugs to girlfriend wins appeal

Rapper Ceon Broughton’s conviction for the manslaughter of his girlfriend Louella Fletcher-Michie, who died after taking hallucinogenic drug 2C-P at Bestival, has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Aug 2020, 14:33 BST
MANDATORY CREDIT REQUIRED Undated family file handout photo courtesy of Zoe Barling of Louella Fletcher-Michie, the daughter of Holby City actor John Michie. Rapper Ceon Broughton has had his conviction for the manslaughter of his girlfriend Louella, who died after taking the drug 2C-P at Bestival, overturned by the Court of Appeal. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 18, 2020. See PA story COURTS Bestival. Photo credit should read: Zoe Barling/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.MANDATORY CREDIT REQUIRED Undated family file handout photo courtesy of Zoe Barling of Louella Fletcher-Michie, the daughter of Holby City actor John Michie. Rapper Ceon Broughton has had his conviction for the manslaughter of his girlfriend Louella, who died after taking the drug 2C-P at Bestival, overturned by the Court of Appeal. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 18, 2020. See PA story COURTS Bestival. Photo credit should read: Zoe Barling/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
MANDATORY CREDIT REQUIRED Undated family file handout photo courtesy of Zoe Barling of Louella Fletcher-Michie, the daughter of Holby City actor John Michie. Rapper Ceon Broughton has had his conviction for the manslaughter of his girlfriend Louella, who died after taking the drug 2C-P at Bestival, overturned by the Court of Appeal. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 18, 2020. See PA story COURTS Bestival. Photo credit should read: Zoe Barling/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Miss Fletcher-Michie, daughter of Holby City and Coronation Street actor John Michie, died after taking the Class A drug during the music festival at Lulworth Castle, Dorset, in September 2017.

She was found dead in the early hours of September 11, the day she should have celebrated her 25th birthday, in a wooded area at the edge of the festival site.

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Broughton, 31, of Enfield, north London, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence and handed an eight-and-a-half-year sentence in March 2019, following a trial at Winchester Crown Court.

But his conviction was overturned by three leading judges – including the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett – yesterday.

Giving the court’s ruling, Lord Burnett said the expert evidence on the likelihood of Miss Fletcher-Michie’s chances of survival had she received treatment sooner was “not capable of establishing causation to the criminal standard”.

It is believed Broughton will now be released as he has served his remaining sentence for supplying drugs.