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Bradley Jolly

High-flying student, 18, died after taking MDMA 'bombs' she had smuggled into club

A high-flying student died of an ecstasy overdose after smuggling MDMA "bombs" into an O2 Academy , an inquest heard.

India Thaker, 18, collapsed after taking four of the "party drugs" at the music and club venue in Bournemouth.

Her inquest was told yesterday the wraps of the powder form of ecstasy caused India to fall backwards into other revellers by the dancefloor.

The bright teenager was dashed to hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, but medics were unable to save her.

Recording an accidental death, senior coroner for Dorset, Rachael Griffin, said: "India was an adventurous, bright and sociable person. If any good can come from her death it must serve as a warning of the dangers if taking these drugs.

"People take it for enjoyment but in doing so can have the most tragic consequences.

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"She was adventurous, outgoing - a lovely child who lived a teenager's life."

The hearing was told how India had just received an offer from Falmouth University to study photography days before the tragedy.

She was posthumously awarded an A in the subject at A-level.

"People take these drugs to enjoy themselves, but they need to realise the danger of what they are doing," Ms Griffin told the hearing, at which India's parents, Sumuil Thaker, the CEO of a medical science company, and Moira Thaker, were present.

India, of Thatcham, Berkshire, had driven with two friends from her home in Thatcham, Berkshire, to the nightclub on March 30 this year to see dance act My Nu Leng.

She smuggled the drugs past security concealed in her bra.

Her friends left her on the dance floor at about 3.20am to go to the toilet but when they returned they could not find her.

A post-mortem examination found Miss Thaker had a high enough concentration of the MDMA in her system for it to be fatal.

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