Amy Winehouse's ex brother-in-law died of a heroin overdose after he fled from a secure hospital and collapsed in a hotel, an inquest has ruled.
Freddy Civil, the younger brother of the singer's ex-partner Blake Fielder-Civil, died on April 26 last, with coroner Oliver Longstaff ruling this was due to “misadventure”. Jurors were told Freddy, 27, had absconded from Fieldhead Hospital, in Wakefield, before checking into a £40-a-night B&B in Leeds and taking the fatal dose of drugs.
Medics were called to the hotel, where Freddy was staying with a friend and found him face down in just his underpants, and he was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. Blake, who was married to Amy Winehouse for two years, attended the inquest at Wakefield Coroners Court, which heard no external injuries were found on Freddy’s body.
