The desperate family of a mum and son killed by a fentanyl overdose have made a plea for the dealers who sold them the drugs.
Jenny Smith, 37, and her 17-year-old son Joseph were found dead in their beds at their flat on Marmion Road, Sefton Park, on February 22, a few days after concerns had been raised for their safety. Both mother and son had died of a massive overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic painkiller up to 100 times stronger than morphine.
Now Jenny's dad, Joseph's grandad, Malcolm Smith, and his partner Collette have called for better awareness of the drug that claimed the lives of his loved ones. They said: "People do not know or understand the danger with this substance. We believe that how it was described, how it was ingested, proved their naïve nature toward this practice, and told us and the investigators that this was not habitual.
