Rapper jailed for manslaughter after supplying drugs to girlfriend wins appeal
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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Hide AdBroughton, 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.