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Latest news in Yorkshire: October 14, 2018 01:35:27 PM
A drug dealer and her supplier have been jailed for providing MDMA to a
university student who died.
Joana Burns, 22, died after taking the Class A drug, also known as
ecstasy, on a night out in Sheffield to celebrate finishing her maths
degree in 2017.
Katherine Lavin admitted supplying her friend with the drug, while
Benjamin Williams admitted supplying Lavin.
Bar worker Williams was jailed for two and a half years and Lavin was
given a six-month sentence.
Lavin, 21, of Kentmoor Close, Stockport, admitted supplying a controlled
Class A drug and possession of cannabis.
Williams, 25, of Melbourne Road, Sheffield, pleaded guilty to supplying
a controlled Class A drug.
On the night she died on 6 June, Miss Burns had gone out with friends,
including Lavin, at Sheffield University Students’ Union.
The Sheffield Hallam University student, who was originally from
Alfreton, Derybshire, was at The Foundry when she collapsed.
The court heard Lavin had collected a quantity of ecstasy for a group of
Sheffield Hallam University friends, including Miss Burns, who all took
the drug willingly.
Sentencing the pair, Judge Jeremy Richardson QC, told Lavin: “Quite how
an intelligent young woman, as you are, could do such a foolish thing is
almost beyond understanding.
“This case is a tragedy in every dimension.
“You have wrecked your future.”
In May, an inquest heard Lavin bought the ecstasy in powder form, which
the friends made into “bombs” using cigarette paper.
A South Yorkshire Police report found they each paid £7 for the drug.
Miss Burns was said to have taken the drug willingly before the club
night, and then took another in the early hours.
Witnesses said she vomited the second “bomb” straight back up before
having a seizure, resulting in her being taken to hospital.
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News source: bbc.co.uk