Singer Amy Winehouse was more than five times over the British drink-drive limit when she died, an inquest heard, as a coroner delivered a verdict of death by misadventure.
The inquest heard that Winehouse, 27, who was found dead at herLondon home on July 23 following years of alcohol and drug addiction, repeatedly ignored her doctor’s warnings about the effects of prolonged bouts of drinking.
The hearing in London on Wednesday was told that the “Back to Black” singer had suddenly drunk heavily after abstaining for three weeks and was poisoned by alcohol.
Police recovered three empty bottles of vodka, two large and one small, from her home.
Winehouse had 416 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood at the time of her death. The legal drink-drive limit is 80mg.
Coroner Suzanne Greenway said: “She had consumed sufficient alcohol at 416mg per decilitre (of blood) and the unintended consequence of such potentially fatal levels was her sudden and unexpected death.”
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