Jeni Larmour was a former student of the Royal School and a freshman at Newcastle University. She was from Newtonhamilton in County Armagh. She was also a deputy head student at her school before graduating. She died on her first night at the university after taking drugs given to her by another student.
Jeni Larmour Cause of Death: How Did Jeni Larmour Die?
She consumed a lethal combination of alcohol and ketamine, a tranquiliser which she snorted with one of her new flatmates, an inquest heard.
Newcastle coroner Karen Dilks concluded Miss Larmour’s death was a misadventure.
Having heard from the flatmate involved – Kavir Kalliecharan – other student witnesses, a Home Office pathologist and police, Mrs Dilks gave her view of the circumstances of the death “on the balance of probabilities”.
She said the former deputy head girl had arrived at Newcastle University and had drunk alcohol with flatmates between 17:00 and 19:00.
“Later that evening, while her judgement was impaired due to alcohol, Jeni took a quantity of ketamine provided for her by another, the combined effects of which led to her death,” she said.
Mr Kalliecharan, 20, from Leeds, was not charged with supplying the ketamine and told police the drugs belonged to Miss Larmour.
Police searched the flat in Park View halls with sniffer dogs and found ketamine, cannabis and MDMA in Mr Kalliecharan’s room but he insisted the ketamine was not his.
No drugs were found in other students’ rooms in the flat, including Miss Larmour’s.