Overview
- Emily Rose Browning, a primary teacher at Gladstone Primary in Cardiff, became unwell during a December 7, 2024 night out where she consumed alcohol and cocaine.
- She was later found collapsed on her bedroom floor by her boyfriend, Jack Weston, who called 999, and she died in hospital on December 10, 2024.
- Coroner Graeme Hughes recorded an alcohol- and drug-related death after hearing evidence that intoxicants led to aspiration and cardiac arrest.
- The medical cause was recorded as hypoxic brain injury due to aspiration with underlying acute alcohol and cocaine intoxication.
- Colleagues and pupils paid tribute as the school plans a memorial garden, with a fundraiser led by her boyfriend surpassing £40,000.