The mum of a student who died on her first night as a student at Newcastle University said an inquest had "vindicated" her daughter - and that the verdict that the lethal ketamine was "provided by another" was a comfort to her family.
Jeni Larmour, 18, had moved into student accommodation in Richardson Road just hours before she was found dead in the early hours of October 3, 2022. Her mother Sandra Larmour spoke following the conclusion of an inquest into her daughter's death which saw Newcastle's senior coroner Karen Dilks rule that Jenni's death was by "misadventure".
On the first day of the two-day inquest, the coroner had heard from Home Office pathologist Dr Nigel Cooper who confirmed that medically, Ms Larmour had died due to the combination of alcohol and ketamine in her system that night. Following this, evidence from Ms Larmour's flatmates and Northumbria Police detectives, the coroner delivered a "short form verdict" of death by misadventure, defining that as "unintentional acts and events".
