By Nazia Dewji

AN ASPIRING showbiz journalist at Bournemouth University died after taking a fatal dose of the drug MDMA on a night out with her boyfriend, an inquest has heard.

Bournemouth University student Tayla Woodard 20, collapsed at her boyfriend's home in Tamesis Gardens, Worcester Park after a night out at Plan B in Brixton on Saturday, March 9.

Father Russell Woodard told West London Coroners' Court: "She confessed to us in her first year of uni that she had taken drugs.

"At the time I did some research on the internet. I found it quite difficult to get information about it – all the information came from other MDMA users and forums.

"I said to her 'Do you think it would be a good idea to carry on taking it because you don't know what's in it?'

"That's when she probably thought it best not to tell me she had taken it. I would not be surprised to find out she had taken it after that but surprised that she had taken it every three weeks."

He added he had seen his daughter just a few weeks before her death when she had visited the family home in Wadebridge, Cornwall, and had cooked.

He said: "It was a great visit. We had a really nice time."

Pathology reports found 1.64ml per litre of MDMA in Miss Woodard's blood as well as some alcohol.

Boyfriend Alex Rickett, a product design student also at Bournemouth University, told the inquest he had picked up his girlfriend from the station after she had travelled from Bournemouth to see him that day.

They had relaxed during the day before buying some vodka and wine for the train journey into Brixton at about 10.15pm with two friends.

He added Miss Woodard had brought along the MDMA in crystal form and that it was normal for the couple to take the drugs every two to three weeks.

But Mr Rickett described Miss Woodard as "normal" on their way home and said they had even been "mucking about" after a taxi dropped them 10 minutes away from home at about 4am.

Coroner Jeremy Chipperfield ruled an accidental death from MDMA toxicity.

He said: "They were going to go and have a good time and take some drugs. "It was an intentional use of MDMA. It is not unusual for young people. Unfortunately on this occasion it had tragic and fatal consequences.”