A loved-up couple who passed away in tragic 'Romeo and Juliet' style circumstances died after consuming a lethal cocktail of drugs, an inquest heard.
The bodies of Tony Lightburn and Rachel Wiszniewska were discovered at his home in Walker , Newcastle on December 1 last year.
Police said there was no third party invovement.
Inquests into the couple's death were held back-to-back on Friday at Newcastle Coroner's Court, the Chronicle Live reported .
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At the inquest, friends told the court that the pair had found happiness in each other, after meeting two months prior to their tragic deaths.
Ms Wiszniewska had been prescribed morphine by a doctor for a wrist injury on November 28, only days before her death.
The next day, the court heard that Ms Wiszniewska visited a friend's house to get her hair done in the lead up to a wedding.
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Giving evidence, DC Toni Laverick said that the 36-year-old "admitted to her friend Tony had taken oramorph [morphine] she had been prescribed by her doctor, and she had struggled to wake him.
"The friend also mentioned while Rachel was at the address that she called the hospital and requested another bottle of oramorph, saying the dog had knocked the bottle over."
The lovers were found "unresponsive" by Mr Lightburn's mum at around 9.45am on December.
Also found at the home was a near-empty 100ml bottle of morphine, a blister packs of pills, and two tablets in Ms Wiszniewska's handbag.
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Post-mortems were held at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, with Pathologist Clive Bloxham ascertaining that Ms Wiszniewska's medical cause of death as "respiratory failure due to morphine toxicity".
The toxicology report found that the morphine levels in her blood were over "twice the amount that's documented as a fatal level".
It also indicated that she had taken other substances such as diazepam and paracetamol.
Dr Bloxham said: "She did have some fluid on the lungs, which is commonly seen in people who died from various causes of morphine-type toxicity.
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"With the history we were given and that observation, it does make you strongly suspicious that an opiate-type substance was behind her death.
"It all fits in with the death being due to morphine toxicity which suppressed her breathing to an extent she has gone to sleep and never woken up."
Mr Lightburn's post mortem found that he had a lethal cocktail of drugs including cocaine, codeine, diazepam, and morphine in his system when he died.
The toxic combination caused the rapid development of pneumonia, which saw the 35-year-old's breathing supressed.
Dr Bloxham ruled his death as "multiple drug toxicity", adding that "I frequently see pneumonia like this under the microscope in people who have died with opiate in their system."
The inquest heard that the couple had both previously engaged in "recreational" drug use, but Mr Lightburn's brother indicated he had taken steps to a "healthier life" prior to his death.
Coroner Karen Dilks recorded verdicts of drug-related deaths for the couple.
