THE HEROIN OVERDOSE OF A YOUNG ADDICT SHOULD SERVE
THE HEROIN OVERDOSE OF A YOUNG ADDICT SHOULD SERVE AS A GRIM
LESSON TO OTHER USERS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRUGS A CORONER SAID TODAY
(FRIDAY).
EIMAR LENNOX, A 27-YEAR-OLD ACCOUNTANT COLLAPSED AND DIED
AFTER TAKING HEROIN WITH FRIENDS, SOUTHWARK CORONERS COURT WAS TOLD.
MR LENNOX A MARRIED MAN, OF PAYNE AVENUE, BRIGHTON, SUSSEX,
HAD TRIED TO KICK DRUGS FOR TWO YEARS – AND HAD BEEN ‘CLEAN’ FOR SIX
MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH LAST MONTH.
DR ARTHUR GORDON DAVIES SAID LENNOX HAD BEEN OFF DRUGS TO A
LARGE DEGREE AND IT WAS POSSIBLE HE HAD LOST HIS TOLERANCE.
‘PERHAPS A DOSE THAT COULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN TAKEN SAFELY WAS
LETHAL IN THIS CASE,’ HE SAID.
HE SAID LENNOX DIED OF AN OPIATE OVERDOSE AND RECORDED A
VERDICT OF DEATH THROUGH THE CHRONIC DEPENDENCY ON DRUGS.
‘I HOPE THIS MAY ACT AS SOME SORT OF DETERRANT TO THE OTHER
THREE USERS THAT WERE WITH HIM AND OTHER DRUG ADDICTS – OTHERWISE
MANY OF THEM WILL FIND THEMSELVE THE SUBJECTS OF CORONERS INQUESTS,’
HE ADDED.
‘THE EVIL DRUGS DO CANNOT BE EXAGGERATED.
I HOPE THE POLICE DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIND WHO WERE THE PUSHERS IN THIS CASE.
‘THESE ARE YOUNG LIVES BEING DESTROYED.
THIS MAN WAS AN
ACCOUNTANT AND TWO OF HIS FRIENDS WERE STUDENTS.
THE EVIL REACHES
INTO EVERY PART OF OUR SOCIETY AND EVERY AGE.
‘
MR LENNOX CAME TO LONDON FOR A PARTY AND WENT TO THE PUB WITH
FRIENDS BEFORE THEY ALL WENT TO A FLAT IN CRAMPTON STREET, WALWORTH,
AND INJECTED THE DRUG.
HIS FRIEND, STUDENT PATRICK MCCAFFERY, WHO LIVED AT THE FLAT
SAID MR LENNOX COLLAPSED AFTER TAKING THE HEROIN.
‘WE LAID HIM DOWN
ON THE SETTEE AND HE SEEMED TO BE SLEEPING PEACEFULLY.
I LEFT AFTER
THAT.
‘
‘I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THE HEROIN FROM.
I STAYED IN THE
PUB WHEN THEY WENT TO BUY IT.
‘
POLICE OFFICERS TOLD THE COURT THAT ANOTHER MAN ANTONIO
LORENZO IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BOUGHT THE HEROIN.
WHEN QUESTIONED HE SAID
LENNOX ARRANGED THE DEAL.
DR GORDON DAVIES RETORTED:’YES YOU WOULD EXPECT HIM TO SAY
THAT WOULDN’T YOU.
‘
ENDS
