Man jumped to death after taking magic mushrooms

YOUNG people were warned of the dangers of experimenting with drugs after an inquest in Dublin heard yesterday that a young businessman jumped over a balcony and fell 50ft to his death shortly after consuming magic mushrooms.

Dublin County Coroner, Dr Kieran Geraghty predicted he would get reports of at least one other similar case of someone dying from experimenting with drugs within the next few weeks.

Dr Geraghty made his comments after an inquest heard how Colm Hodkinson, 33, of The Anchorage, Clarence Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, died as a result of severe head injuries after vaulting the balcony of a fourth-floor roof garden in his apartment complex on October 30 last year.