The interviews
47.The appellant’s account given in a series of interviews contained much which was untrue, for example that he had never supplied drugs to anyone or consumed drugs himself at the festival. He said Louella had purchased the drugs (untrue) and had starting tripping after taking some acid (a partial truth). He explained that he had called her mother because he was worried and she told him to get help from someone in a ‘high vis’. That was essentially true, but he then said he had covered Louella with his jacket, found help but that they could not find her. As we know, that happened hours after his attempt to call Louella’s mother and their subsequent conversations. He spoke of another call from Louella’s mother, who had again asked him to get assistance. So he had gone off again and had found the same man. He would have carried Louella himself, but her mother had said to find a ‘high vis’. He had sent a pin location to Louella’s parents to let them know where he and Louella were, and he had then covered Louella and had run to get help. At best, this was a conflation of a series of events but it was inaccurate. 48.The appellant described holding Louella’s arms and torso towards him to stop her from harming herself with the nettles that she kept eating and scratching against her face. She had many bruises on her hands and he had tried to rip thorns from her hands – which had resulted in cuts to his own hands. At first, he had thought that she was joking (as she had “done stuff” like that before) but when she had carried on it had started to worry him. He had been fully in control of himself and did not think that “it would be such a life and death situation”.49.In what was likely to be a reference to Ezra Campbell, the appellant said that a friend had said that he would get help, which he thought would arrive within five to ten minutes. When that did not happen, he tried to contact other people. He had ensured that Louella had got the medical attention that she needed and had tried to give her good medical care. He had not called 999 because others had said that they were sending help, but then said that he had not done so because there was no signal. However, he agreed that he had had enough signal to send a pin to Ezra Campbell. He said that Louella was still breathing when he left her. 50.His account included that Louella only took drugs (Ecstasy and LSD) at parties. She went to events and raves nearly every weekend. She must have taken 2C-P.