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| Nick Cave's son Arthur took LSD before cliff fall, inquest told | Nick Cave's son Arthur took LSD before cliff fall, inquest told |
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| Musician Nick Cave's teenage son took LSD before he fell off a cliff in Brighton, an inquest has heard. | Musician Nick Cave's teenage son took LSD before he fell off a cliff in Brighton, an inquest has heard. |
| Arthur Cave, 15, was found with multiple injuries on the underpass of Ovingdean Gap in July. He died later at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. | Arthur Cave, 15, was found with multiple injuries on the underpass of Ovingdean Gap in July. He died later at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. |
| Sussex Police said his death was not suspicious, and the coroner ruled it was "accidental". | Sussex Police said his death was not suspicious, and the coroner ruled it was "accidental". |
| Nick Cave, 58, is an Australian songwriter and is best known as lead singer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. | Nick Cave, 58, is an Australian songwriter and is best known as lead singer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. |
| Mr Cave and his wife Susie Bick are at the hearing which is being held in front of Brighton senior coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley at Woodvale Crematorium. | Mr Cave and his wife Susie Bick are at the hearing which is being held in front of Brighton senior coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley at Woodvale Crematorium. |
| The inquest heard Arthur had taken LSD with a friend and he was seen "staggering" on his own before he fell off the cliff. | The inquest heard Arthur had taken LSD with a friend and he was seen "staggering" on his own before he fell off the cliff. |
| Members of the public tried to resuscitate him after he was found lying on the ground without any shoes or socks on. | Members of the public tried to resuscitate him after he was found lying on the ground without any shoes or socks on. |
| During evidence given by pathologist Dr Simi George, Ms Hamilton-Deeley asked: "The history you had was that LSD was used?" | During evidence given by pathologist Dr Simi George, Ms Hamilton-Deeley asked: "The history you had was that LSD was used?" |
| Dr George replied: "Yes." | Dr George replied: "Yes." |
| The cause of death was given as "multiple traumatic injuries due to a fall from a height". | The cause of death was given as "multiple traumatic injuries due to a fall from a height". |
| Recording a conclusion of accidental death, Ms Hamilton-Deeley, said: "I expect the decision and planning to take LSD, or a hallucinogenic drug likely to be LSD, was made on the spur of the moment. | |
| "It's clear he could not know what was real and what was not real. | |
| "It's completely impossible to know what was in Arthur's mind and what he was seeing." | |
| In a statement issued after the inquest, the Cave family said they had been "overwhelmed" by the messages of support from people "in Brighton and beyond". | |
| It read: "Arthur was a wonderfully unruly, creative and free-spirited young man with an infectious, happy, funny daredevil nature. | |
| "He loved his friends and family, idolised his twin brother Earl and was never far from his side." |