Overview
- Aliya Agwu collapsed at Southampton Central station after the Engine Rooms DNB Rave on 20 August 2023 and died at Southampton General Hospital in the early hours.
- Witnesses reported she had “double-dropped” two ecstasy pills during the night and was seen taking ketamine.
- Post-mortem and toxicology found multiple organ failure linked to an MDMA amount that could be fatal, with a recreational level of ketamine present.
- Coroner Henry Charles noted the teen-only event used searches and sniffer dogs and did not sell alcohol, yet drugs were smuggled in by attendees.
- The inquest heard she and friends had clubbed together to buy drugs for the night, and a tribute from her mother was read to the court.