Ceon Broughton convicted of Louella Fletcher-Michie's manslaughter

Ceon Broughton was today convicted of the manslaughter of Miss Fletcher-Michie at Bestival in 2017. He was also found guilty of supplying her with party drug 2-CP.

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Speaking after the case, Simon Jones, senior Crown Prosecution Service advocate, said: "[Broughton] was with [Miss Fletcher-Michie] for five to six hours alone. During that period of time he filmed her on his mobile phone so the deterioration in Louella was clear from a number of sources of mobile phone footage.

"It was quite clear she desperately needed medical attention and he failed in the duty of care that he had for Louella, he failed to get her medical attention at that festival.

"They were off-site in a wooded area.

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"He was 80 metres back into the festival. There was an on-site hospital that was 400 metres away. He was with her for a considerable period of time and he did nothing.

"It is fair to say that there were some things he did, but he did not do enough and he failed to take proper care of her.

"The behaviour had to be grossly negligent so as to be criminal and our case was the behaviour was exceptionally bad.

"There were two features of that: firstly, the recording of Louella in such a distressed state when it was clear he should have been acting when he was filming her.

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"Secondly, a big part of the prosecution case as to his reason for inaction was that he had a suspended sentence of imprisonment hanging over him, and he knew the consequence of what he had done, namely supplying, giving, Louella that drug, and so our case was he put his own needs over the obvious need of helping Louella.

"We saw in the video footage there were occasions he was laughing, he was playing with a fidget spinner, and in the background the person he should have been caring for, the person he gave the drug to, was rapidly deteriorating.

"This was clear that this was giving rise to a serious and obvious risk of death and that was the prosecution case."

Mr Jones said Broughton's lies and failure to give evidence meant the full reason for his inaction would remain unknown.

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He said: "Only Ceon Broughton knows that. He was interviewed by police on a number of occasions, the position he ended up with was actually not answering the police questions.

"We showed that he lied in that interview. He was arrested on that night and he lied about important issues in the case, in particular on the question of drugs, so those lies were part of the prosecution case against him."

Mr Jones said he had "utmost respect" for Miss Fletcher-Michie's family.

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He said the young model's parents, Holby City actor John Michie and former Hot Gossip singer Carol Michie, as well as their two other children Daisy and Sam, had heard "incredibly hard" evidence.

"After their evidence was given, they have been in court," he said.

"They have seen and heard other evidence given in the case, they have acted with complete dignity.

"It must have been incredibly hard for them to see this evidence in court and I have the utmost respect for them."

In a statement released through Mr Michie's agent shortly after his daughter's death, the family said: "Our hearts are broken by this horrific tragedy.

"Louella inspired all who knew her with her joy of life."