AN INQUEST into the death of a Bournemouth University student has been provisionally set for September.
An inquest was opened and adjourned days later, on March 12, when her cause of death was given as MDMA toxicity.
However, further evidence will be heard by a coroner, who will then formally give a verdict.
MDMA is also known as ecstasy, and can be bought in a number of forms, such as a powder or pill.
Although the Metropolitan Police initially investigated Tayla’s death, treating it as ‘unexplained’, a spokesperson said: “All matters have now been passed to the coroners’ court.”
Tayla and her boyfriend, fellow BU student Alex Rickett, had attended a performance by band All Time Low at Brixton Academy the night before her death.
After returning to Mr Rickett’s home in Worcester Park, the student collapsed, and ambulance crews arrived shortly before 5am to a report of a woman falling violently ill.
Tayla was taken to hospital, where she died at 6.22am.
Mr Rickett, 21, was also taken to hospital as a precautionary measure, although he was later discharged.
A funeral for the student took place at Egloshayle Parish Church in Tayla’s home town of Wadebridge in Cornwall.
She was in the final year of a multimedia journalism degree, and had ambitions to become a showbiz reporter.
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