Charge in ecstasy death unlikely

IT IS unlikely that anyone will face criminal charges in relation to the death of a Cork teenager who took ecstasy, it emerged yesterday.

Despite a lengthy Garda investigation, Inspector Ger O’Mahony told Cork Coroner’s Court yesterday that at this stage, criminal proceedings are not anticipated in relation to the death of 17-year-old Jonathan Kiely.

Mr Kiely, of Avondale Court, Passage West, Co Cork, was found collapsed in a cemetery in Passage West and died on January 7, 2007 from massive brain swelling.