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Conviction over death of Taggart star’s daughter overturned

Louella Fletcher-Michie, daughter of Scots actor John Michie, died at Bestival music festival in 2017.

18th Aug 2020

A man who jailed for manslaughter over the death of Taggart star John Michie’s daughter has had the conviction overturned.

Ceon Broughton was arrested after his girlfriend, Louella Fletcher-Michie, died in 2017 after taking hallucinogenic drug 2C-P at Bestival music festival in Dorset .

She was was found dead in the early hours of September 11, the day she should have celebrated her 25th birthday, in a wooded area at the edge of the festival site.

Ceon Broughton's conviction has been overturned. <strong>Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images</strong>”/></div><figcaption aria-hidden=true>Ceon Broughton’s conviction has been overturned. <strong>Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images</strong> <cite class=hidden></cite></figcaption></figure><p>Broughton, a 31-year-old rapper from London, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence and handed an eight-and-a-half-year sentence in March 2019, following a trial at Winchester Crown Court.</p><p>But his conviction was overturned by three leading judges – including the Lord Chief Justice Burnett – at the court of appeal on Tuesday.</p><p>Giving the court’s ruling, Lord Burnett said the expert evidence on the likelihood of Ms Fletcher-Michie’s chances of survival had she received treatment sooner was “not capable of establishing causation to the criminal standard”.</p><p>He added: “In respectful disagreement with the judge, we conclude that the appellant’s main argument, that the case should have been withdrawn from the jury, is established.</p><p>“Taken at its highest, the evidence adduced by the prosecution was incapable of proving causation to the criminal standard of proof.</p><p>“The appeal against conviction for manslaughter must be allowed.”</p><p>Seven years of Broughton’s sentence was for the manslaughter conviction, and the Court of Appeal has not ordered a retrial.</p><p>Broughton was also found guilty of supplying Ms Fletcher-Michie with 2-CP at the festival, and that conviction stands.</p><p>He previously admitted supplying drugs to Miss Fletcher-Michie at Glastonbury festival, in June 2017, and was in breach of a suspended prison sentence imposed for possessing a lock knife and a Stanley knife blade.</p><div class=

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