Heartbroken Salford dad slams Leeds Festival after son, 16, tragically dies
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe father of a teenager who died after taking ecstasy at a music festival told a coroner at an inquest into his son's death: "The ticket that signals the death of another young person has already been sold." David Celino, 16, who was celebrating exam results with friends, died after he was taken ill at Leeds Festival in August last year, an inquest hearing at Wakefield Coroner's Court heard on Tuesday.
His father, Gianpiero Celino, told the inquest of concerns he has for teens at music festivals. He claimed they are prey to drug dealers who act like 'the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. He told the inquest: "The ticket that could signal the death of another young person has already been sold.
It's out there somewhere. It's just not been cashed." Pharmacist Mr Celino, from Worsley, Salford, told the inquest he drove his son David to the festival at Bramham Park, near Leeds, which he attended with a group of six friends to celebrated their GCSE results.
He said he believed the organisers did not do enough to stop drug dealing at the site which, he alleged, took place openly. Mr Celino said: "We think there's a problem with the availability and provision of drugs at the site.
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