David Celino, 16, from Salford, died after falling ill at last year's event
The founder and organiser of the Leeds Festival has told an inquest he doesn't believe unaccompanied 16 and 17 year-olds should be banned despite the death of a teenager who took ecstasy, as he revealed he lost a nephew to drugs.
He told David's parents of his “genuine sorrow” at their son’s death and after becoming visibly upset revealed that he, too, had lost a nephew to drugs. He told the court that David’s death had “taken an emotional toll on myself and all of my staff, no question about that”. His father, pharmacist Mr Celino, said in evidence on Tuesday he believed the organisers did not do enough to stop drug dealing at the site which, he alleged, took place openly.
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