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Former home secretary Priti Patel has slammed 'shameless' Britons buying drugs for dinner and drinks parties like a takeaway pizza, accusing them of funding criminal gangs.
Towards the end of the agonisingly long and drawn-out inquest into the death of 16-year-old Ben Nelson-Roux, a poignant video was played in the coroner's court, at his parents' request.
Ben Nelson-Roux, a former pupil of St Aidan's Church of England High School in Harrogate, was 'groomed' by County Lines gangsters to deal Class A drugs.
Ben Nelson-Roux, 16, was found dead by his mother at a Harrogate hostel in 2020, an inquest hears.
Ben Nelson-Roux, from Harrogate, was forced to deal Class A drugs, including crack cocaine, in cities including York and Sheffield, the hearing heard.