Rapper who filmed Holby City star’s dying daughter releases song about girl who ‘took a pill’

A rapper who gave drugs to the daughter of a Holby City actor has released a song about a girl taking a pill, in which he says he plays life "like a game".

Ceon Broughton filmed Louella Fletcher-Michie, the daughter of actor John Michie, as her condition worsened after taking hallucinogenic drug 2-CP at the Bestival music festival in September 2017.

Broughton was jailed for manslaughter by gross negligence and supplying a Class A drug in March 2019, but his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal last year.

He appears to refer to the incident in his newest track "Maze Runner", released under the alias Ceon RPG, in which he raps: "I play life as a game, and when it gets too tough I fade away. She knows she feels the same and so she took a pill, money can't hide her pain now."

The track, in which Broughton describes himself as "the man in the maze", was uploaded on Aug 1 and has just under 650 streams on his Soundcloud profile.

Broughton filmed Ms Fletcher-Michie over the course of six hours after she had taken the drugs in a remote forest at the site of the festival.

During the first trial in 2019, John Michie, who has also appeared in Coronation Street and Taggart, told Winchester Crown Court that "there was only ever one person who could have helped" his daughter.

In a statement released last year, Broughton's solicitors said he "remains devastated by [Ms Fletcher-Michie's] death" and "has always wished that he could have done more to save her".

According to the drugs awareness website Talk to Frank, the 2C family of drugs can make users "energised and alert" but "the more you take, the more intense and uncontrollable the experience will be". 

Reference: The Telegraph: Dominic Penna