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One other tragedy tied to Amy Winehouse… with some heartbreaking similarities…
Followers of the Rehab singer know all too properly about Blake Fielder-Civil (above, inset), the longtime on-again, off-again boyfriend she married in Might 2007. Their poisonous and generally violent relationship was coated extensively within the media each earlier than and after her passing. Regardless that she had lengthy since left him by the point of her dying in 2011, Blake was very a lot within the highlight afterward. Amy as soon as informed CNN their “entire marriage was primarily based on doing medication” and he had even been quoted saying he launched her to heroin and crack. She kicked more durable medication after their cut up — however died only a couple years after the divorce of an overdose of alcohol. Blake was seen, most likely pretty, as a horrible affect on the doomed diva.
Now he’s adjoining to one more tragedy. We’ve simply discovered his youthful brother, Freddy Civil, was discovered useless final yr, additionally of an overdose.
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The upsetting information was revealed throughout an inquest on the Coroner’s Court docket in Wakefield, England on Tuesday, in accordance with DailyMail.com. Blake, now 40 years outdated, was reportedly in attendance.
Freddy was sentenced to jail again in 2018, however a choose had him detained beneath the Psychological Well being Act at a medium safety psychological well being hospital known as Newton Lodge as an alternative after he was recognized with paranoid schizophrenia (this was later decided to possible be induced by substance abuse fairly than an inherent psychological dysfunction). Freddy escaped from the Wakefield, West Yorkshire facility whereas being taken to do some banking on April 26, 2021. That night time he was discovered unconscious face down in a lodge room. He was already useless when authorities arrived.
Like Amy, he was additionally 27 years outdated.
In line with the coroner, whereas Freddy was discovered to have choked on his personal vomit, his dying was assured by an unlimited overdose of heroin. His toxicology report confirmed he had “deadly ranges of morphine” even for a daily addict, as health worker Lisa Barker testified:
“It is likely to be survived by somebody who commonly took heroin, as a result of they construct up a tolerance, but it surely would possibly even have overdosed a power consumer. It was within the deadly vary, even for any person with a historical past of taking heroin.”
His good friend testified that Freddy had injected the dose himself. It’s unclear if he knew he was taking an excessive amount of.
Freddy’s mom, Georgette Civil, testified throughout the inquest that she had critical issues about how her son was being handled at Newton Lodge. She stated his weight had almost doubled within the three years he’d been incarcerated as a result of they didn’t let him get sufficient train. He had additionally complained about abuse:
“Freddy raised a criticism of workers abuse and he wanted two-to-one staffing. He was strip-searched by workers who made him carry out squats whereas he was bare from the waist down. Employees additionally known as him a pedophile.”
It appears like a horrific state of affairs for anybody — and it doesn’t seem Freddy was in one of the best psychological well being earlier than being put there.
Only a tragic state of affairs throughout.
In case you or somebody you realize is experiencing substance abuse, assist is obtainable. Think about trying out the sources SAMHSA gives at https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline.
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