Rapper Ceon Broughton has been convicted of the manslaughter of his girlfriend Louella Fletcher-Michie who died after he gave her a party drug at Bestival in September 2017. Broughton was also convicted of supplying the drugs to the 24 year-old and has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.
Broughton, from Enfield, north London, “bumped up” her dose of the drug 2-CP and filmed her as she died. Michie is reportedly the first fatality of the rare hallucinogenic drug. She had also taken ketamine and MDMA before her death.
Winchester Crown Court was shown videos Broughton took of his dying girlfriend who was described as screaming like a “wild animal” on the class A drug. Broughton was told by Michie’s family many times to get her to medical attention, but he refused to do so because he was serving a suspended sentence at the time for two charges of knife possession.
The incident was initially viewed by Michie’s family as a “tragic accident” However, following the trial, it was discovered that Broughton took pleasure in providing women large doses of strong hallucinogenic drugs and filming their frenzied reactions. He was also described as having a “morbid” obsession with death and hoarded pictures of corpses.
In a statement read to the court, Broughton had this to say, “Sorry I didn’t do more to save Louella. Sorry for the suffering I caused to everyone. I want to make things right.”
Michie, whose body was found dead in the woods just hours before her 25th birthday, was the daughter of Holby City actor John Michie. Michie made this statement outside of court, “Regardless of the outcome of this harrowing trial, there were never going to be any winners.We began our life sentence on what would have been Louella’s 25th birthday, Ceon’s life sentence is knowing he didn’t help Louella to live.”
Giving evidence during the original trial, Mr Michie said, “I think Louella loved Ceon, but I’m not sure he loved her. I don’t know how you can say you love someone who you left to die in front of you. If I was in Ceon’s situation, I would have taken another human being – let alone my girlfriend who I was supposed to love – to a medical tent to save their life.”
“You would have done anything possible to save the life of another human being, being in the distressed state she was in. I felt that I needed to get down there and help my daughter. His voice was slow and he didn’t seem to be concerned and any normal person would be.”
In response to the incident, Besitval issued statement ensuring the festival has a “Zero Tolerance drugs policy”. You can find a link to the statement here.
