The family of a 15-year-old girl who died after taking a drug overdose has issued a warning to others considering taking recreational substances.
Mollie Nutt went into cardiac arrest after taking MDMA – also known as ecstasy – with her boyfriend in Stanonbury, Milton Keynes, in July 2018.
She was taken to hospital where she later died and a post-mortem examination confirmed the cause to be an overdose of the class A drug.
Her boyfriend also spent time in hospital recovering from the drug’s effects.
Dione Grech, 24, who sold the couple £50 worth of the drugs, was jailed for four years and three months on Friday.
Thames Valley Police said Grech admitted to five drugs charges, but he denied that he had sold the drugs that caused Mollie’s death, claiming instead that he had sold them to her boyfriend.
Following Grech’s sentence, Ms Nutt’s family urged others to consider the consequences of taking illegal drugs.
“We would like to remind people, especially teenagers like Mollie that you are not invincible when it comes to taking drugs,” they said in a statement.
“Please just think carefully about the possible consequences, before taking any illegal substances.
“Mollie had her whole life ahead of her, but her misadventure on that sunny day at the beginning of the school holidays has robbed her of that, and left her family devastated.”
Investigating Officer Detective Constable Leanne Shepherd, of Milton Keynes CID, said: “This is a tragic case whereby a deal of MDMA has resulted in the death of Mollie Nutt.
“Nothing will bring Mollie back, but I am satisfied that due to strong evidence obtained by Thames Valley Police and presented to the court by the Crown Prosecution Service, the court found that Dione Grech knowingly supplied the MDMA to Mollie.
“As a result of this ruling, Grech has been jailed for four years and three months.”
Grech, of Cliveden Place, Westcroft, Milton Keynes, was sentenced at Aylesbury crown court.
