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Mutiny Festival deaths: Victim's dad in drugs warning | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
The father of a man who died after collapsing at a dance music festival has described holding his dying son's hand. | |
Tommy Bakeer, 20, was found collapsed shortly after Georgia Jones, 18, fell ill at Saturday's Mutiny Festival in Portsmouth. Both died in hospital. | |
Mr Bakeer's father Damian Cowan urged others considering using drugs to "take on board" what had happened to his son. | |
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs. | |
Speaking during a visit to the festival site at King George V Playing Fields in Cosham, Mr Cowan described his son's last moments. | |
'Don't even think about it' | |
"I was in the hospital when he was fighting, I held his hand and he died. So I guess he wasn't alone," he said. | |
"It's no good saying 'don't do drugs', all I can say is 'take this on board, look what's happened, if you want to end up that way, carry on'. | |
"If you don't, don't even think about it." | |
Georgia Jones fell ill at the event at shortly after 19:00 BST on Saturday. Mr Bakeer was found collapsed about 20 minutes later. | |
A third person remains in a critical, but stable, condition at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. | |
Ms Jones's mother wrote of her grief at losing "her little girl" on Facebook. | Ms Jones's mother wrote of her grief at losing "her little girl" on Facebook. |
Janine Milburn said she hoped her daughter's death would deter others from "taking anything ever". | Janine Milburn said she hoped her daughter's death would deter others from "taking anything ever". |
Hampshire Police said a 20-year-old man from Havant, a 20-year-old from Waterlooville and a 22-year-old man from Cosham remain in police custody. |