A YOUNG dancer who died of an overdose at Bestival had a "fatal attraction" to a boyfriend who collected "souvenirs" of her final moments on his mobile phone, a court heard yesterday.

Ceon Broughton is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of being responsible for the death of 24-year-old Louella Fletcher-Michie.

Miss Fletcher-Michie, the daughter of Holby City actor John Michie, took class A party drug 2-CP at Bestival in Dorset on September 10 2017, and died in woodland an hour before her 25th birthday.

Broughton, 29, of Enfield, north London, denies manslaughter by gross negligence and supplying the drug.

William Mousley QC, prosecuting, said in his closing speech to the jury that Broughton had "lied and lied" in order to "dodge responsibility" for Miss Fletcher-Michie's death.

The court has heard allegations that Broughton filmed Louella on his mobile phone as her condition deteriorated. Prosecutors say he failed to take "reasonable" steps to save her life.

They claim he did not seek help because he did not want to be found in breach of a suspended prison sentence handed to him a month earlier.

Mr Mousley said: "Her attraction to Ceon Broughton, her feelings towards Ceon Broughton, turned out to be a fatal attraction."

"[The reason] he let Louella down so badly was to save himself and perhaps even to collect souvenirs of the fatal evening on his phone, and that we suggest is shocking and it's despicable negligence of the highest order," the barrister said.

Broughton had admitted "bumping up" the drugs given to Miss Fletcher-Michie, which resulted in him giving an "excessive dose" to a "vulnerable" person, it was alleged.

"Any reasonable person, being prudent and careful having given Louella drugs on that afternoon or evening, would have appreciated the risk in seeing her reaction and deterioration and that her life was in danger," Mr Mousley said.

"By taking reasonable steps, quite simply her life could have been saved."

He said the defendant had attempted to evade responsibility by blaming "everyone except himself".

"The final dodge of responsibility was declining to give evidence, not providing any explanation for her death, not doing anything to meet the compelling case against him," he said.

As reported, Broughton chose not to give evidence at his trial.

The trial continues.