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| Mother dies after cocaine inquest | Mother dies after cocaine inquest |
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| A mother has been found dead days after an inquest into her daughter's death from a cocaine-induced cardiac arrest. | A mother has been found dead days after an inquest into her daughter's death from a cocaine-induced cardiac arrest. |
| Police are not treating the death of Patsy Clancy - found at her home in Clydach, Swansea - as suspicious. | Police are not treating the death of Patsy Clancy - found at her home in Clydach, Swansea - as suspicious. |
| Her daughter Kelly-Anne Brittain, 27, - who was super-fit and trained as a ski instructor - died after taking cocaine with her boyfriend Marcus Bradford. | |
| Mrs Clancy, 47, criticised him for not answering questions at the hearing two weeks ago as she "couldn't move on". | Mrs Clancy, 47, criticised him for not answering questions at the hearing two weeks ago as she "couldn't move on". |
| South Wales Police confirmed Mrs Clancy was taken to Morriston Hospital on Tuesday where she died. | |
| A spokesman said: "Her death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner." | A spokesman said: "Her death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner." |
| On 14 September she attended an inquest into the death of her daughter at Neath's County Court. | |
| Coroner Dr David Osbourne recorded a verdict of death by misadventure after hearing on 7 July last year Ms Brittain collapsed at her home in Pontardawe after taking drugs with Mr Bradford. | Coroner Dr David Osbourne recorded a verdict of death by misadventure after hearing on 7 July last year Ms Brittain collapsed at her home in Pontardawe after taking drugs with Mr Bradford. |
| Mrs Clancy heard that her super-fit daughter, a former ski instructor and once a fitness coach at a top Swansea hotel, was a regular user of the drug. | Mrs Clancy heard that her super-fit daughter, a former ski instructor and once a fitness coach at a top Swansea hotel, was a regular user of the drug. |
| She died of brain damage caused by a cardiac arrest four days later. | She died of brain damage caused by a cardiac arrest four days later. |
| Mrs Clancy died at the same Swansea hospital as her daughter | Mrs Clancy died at the same Swansea hospital as her daughter |
| The inquest heard Mr Bradford sent a text message to a friend after Ms Brittain collapsed before calling the emergency services. | The inquest heard Mr Bradford sent a text message to a friend after Ms Brittain collapsed before calling the emergency services. |
| He refused to answer questions at the hearing, something coroner Mr Osbourne said he was entitled to do. | He refused to answer questions at the hearing, something coroner Mr Osbourne said he was entitled to do. |
| Speaking after the inquest Mrs Clancy said she found Mr Bradford's behaviour "incredulous." | Speaking after the inquest Mrs Clancy said she found Mr Bradford's behaviour "incredulous." |
| She said without knowing the full details of what happened she and her family could not "get closure". | She said without knowing the full details of what happened she and her family could not "get closure". |
| "The pain is as raw now as the day Kelly died," she said. | "The pain is as raw now as the day Kelly died," she said. |
| "Kelly was my life. I am finding it so hard to get through every day." | "Kelly was my life. I am finding it so hard to get through every day." |
| Ms Brittain, a sports science graduate, had been dating Mr Bradford for seven years. | Ms Brittain, a sports science graduate, had been dating Mr Bradford for seven years. |
| The inquest heard both used cocaine on a recreational basis. | The inquest heard both used cocaine on a recreational basis. |