A young man died at his home address after taking 'excessive' cocaine, an inquest heard yesterday (April 26).  

Conor Kilbane, aged 27, from Bicester was pronounced dead in the early hours of August 10 last year.

His cause of death was given as cardiac arrest induced by cocaine excess.

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The inquest heard that a toxicology report had found 5,900 nanograms per litre of the drug in his system.

This had resulted in Mr Kilbane going into a state of delirium and fits and eventually led to a cardiac arrest.

A witness report from Mr Kilbane’s girlfriend was read out at the inquest at Oxford Coroner’s Court.

She explained that the couple had gone out for dinner and when they returned Mr Kilbane began playing video games.

She noted that he was taking cocaine while he was on the games console.

According to her report, she fell asleep and when she woke up at around 1am she saw Mr Kilbane take a large amount of crack cocaine.

The inquest heard that there were no pre-existing health conditions that led to the 27-year-old’s death in August last year.

But a report from Mr Kilbane’s GP noted that he had suffered from a history of drug abuse.

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Oxfordshire’s chief coroner Darren Salter told the inquest that there was no evidence that this was a suicide, nor was there any third-party involvement in the death.

He said: “Conor Kilbane was a habitual user of cocaine.

“In the early hours of August 10, 2022, he took a large amount of cocaine resulting in delirium and fitting and a cardiac arrest due to cocaine toxicity.

“The conclusion is a drug related death.”