Dad issues heartfelt plea to parents and children after son's ecstasy death at Leeds Festival

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The grieving father of a 16-year-old boy who died after taking ecstasy at Leeds Festival has issued a heartfelt plea to parents to save other lives.

Gianpiero Celino said after a three-day inquest into his son David's death: "Please take the time now to prepare your children and their friendship group for what they will experience at what might be their first festival.

What to do if something goes wrong and how to get help. We missed our opportunity to do that and we do not want David’s story to be repeated." Thousands of teenagers heading for Leeds Festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend were also warned by the coroner to 'heed the lessons drawn' from the 'painful tragedy' of David's death following last year's event. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. The inquest heard David had gone to the festival, which attracts more than 90,000 people every summer to Bramham Park, near Leeds, with five friends from their homes in Worsley, Salford.

He died after being taken ill. David's parents, Gianpiero and Nicola, said they wanted to appeal urgently to the families of youngsters attending to prepare their children for the dangers.