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Teenage boxer died after taking ketamine and other drugs, inquest hears
Calum Naylor, an 18-year-old boxer from Islington, died in hospital on December 7, 2024, after a night out in London.
The inquest heard that he had been drinking and taking drugs with workmates and friends before going to a house party in Notting Hill.
At the party, he drank vodka and snorted ketamine after already appearing heavily intoxicated.
Friends found him unresponsive the next morning, and an ambulance took him to hospital.
Senior coroner Fiona Wilcox warned about ketamine’s dangers, saying there was no safe “little bit” of the drug.
Ketamine is a Class B drug, and the inquest heard that around 270,000 people use it in England and Wales.
The coroner’s warning highlights concerns about young people’s drug use, but no further action is stated.
Calum Naylor, an 18-year-old boxer, died after taking ketamine and other drugs, an inquest heard.
He had been drinking and taking drugs with workmates in London on December 6, 2024, before going to a house party in Notting Hill.
At the party, he drank vodka and snorted ketamine, then went to lie down.
Friends could not wake him the next morning, and he died later in hospital.
Senior coroner Professor Fiona Wilcox warned about the dangers of ketamine and its use among young people.
- Who
- Calum Naylor, an 18-year-old boxer.
- What
- He died after taking a cocktail of drugs, including ketamine.
- When
- He died on December 7, 2024, after a night out on December 6.
- Where
- At a house party in Notting Hill, London; he later died in hospital.
- Why
- The inquest heard he had taken ketamine and other drugs. The precise medical cause of death is not stated.
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Naylor went out drinking with work colleagues in London and later met friends.
Naylor and friends arrived at a house party in Ruston Mews, Notting Hill.
Naylor drank vodka, snorted ketamine and went to lie down.
Friends were unable to wake Naylor, and an ambulance was called.
Naylor died later in hospital.
- Age
- 18
- Date of death
- December 7, 2024
- Party location
- Ruston Mews, Notting Hill
- Drugs mentioned
- Ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, viagra and Xanax
- Coroner
- Professor Fiona Wilcox
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What people are saying
Our young people seem to be taking these drugs with abandon.
there is no "little bit".
Calum had told us he'd been doing pink cocaine, which is a mixture of cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and viagra.
Calum was unaware and slow, he was just in a K-hole, like he was in a kind of trance from the ketamine.