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The super-fit son of a top rugby league coach died of a heart attack at 19 two nights after he 'experimented' with cocaine, an inquest heard.
Athletic Robbie Millward, son of Castleford Tigers boss Ian, had a seizure at his family home in Leigh, Greater Manchester, after trying the Class A drug with friends last February.
The teenager was found unconscious on the sofa by his mother Leeane after she returned from a shopping trip.
Mrs Millward, 51, a nurse said: 'It was lunchtime, about 12.30pm. He didn’t seem any different. I woke him and asked if he would go to the shops to get me the Sunday papers but he said "no, I’m tired, can you get me a drink?"'.
She returned home to find her son unresponsive and she carried out basic life-saving skills and called an ambulance.
He was rushed to hospital but died later and forensic examinations revealed cocaine was found in the teenager’s system which had 'scarred and inflamed' his heart.
Comforted by family members as she tried to hold back her tears in court, Mrs Millward told the coroner: 'I’m a nurse, so when I found him his pupils were already dilated I knew then the prognosis wasn’t very good.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rt-attack-aged-19-trying-cocaine-friends.html
