Wife, 33, died after bingeing on cocaine

A cocaine binge killed a seriously-ill woman just weeks before she was due to have a life-changing kidney transplant from her husband, an inquest has heard.

Emma Carolan had been battling crippling renal disease for two decades, which lead to her undergoing a kidney transplant as a teenager and needing constant dialysis.

But a month before her next life-altering operation, the 33-year-old was found dead on her bathroom floor at her former home in Portsmouth.

During a hearing at Portsmouth Coroner's Court, it was revealed Mrs Carolan and her husband Daniel, who was to be her donor, both used to take drugs together. 

Mrs Carolan's heartbroken father Nick McKeown has spoken out about the death of his 'fun-loving' daughter in a bid to highlight the fatal consequences of drug binges.

He said: 'By taking drugs, the final ultimate price you could pay is with your life. But before it gets to that it could destroy what life and relationships you have.

'The cocaine had taken over to such a great extent that even with the possibility of another transplant looming neither Emma nor Daniel thought of the deadly consequence taking drugs could have.'

Mrs Carolan's body was found by her husband on the morning of July 22, Portsmouth Coroner's Court heard.

Paramedics were called but pronounced her dead at the scene.

A subsequent police investigation revealed no suspicious injuries, with detectives ruling out the possibility her death had been caused by someone else.

A post mortem examination revealed traces of cannabis in her system, as well as 18 micrograms of cocaine per millilitre of blood.





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