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17 October 2011
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A lecturer has pleaded guilty to possessing drugs after the death of a teenager during a party at his home in west London.
Brian Dodgeon, 61, a research fellow at the University of London, was charged after the death of Isobel Jones-Reilly in April.
The 15-year-old, a friend of Dodgeon's daughter, fell ill at his home in Barlby Road, north Kensington.
Dodgeon appeared at West London Magistrates' Court in Hammersmith.
He has been suspended from his job on full pay.
'Out-of-bounds' bedroom He admitted four charges of possessing drugs including ecstasy, LSD and ketamine.
Isobel, who lived in Ramsay Road, Acton, died in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest at the party.
Dodgeon and his partner Angela Hadjipateras were away at a party in Hastings when about 30 teenagers turned up at their London home.
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Magistrates heard the youngsters were drinking cider, wine and spirits and smoking marijuana.
Prosecutor Nisha Dutt said Dodgeon's daughter Beatrice Hadjipateras, 14, told party-goers she had previously found a stash of cannabis in her father's drawer.
Three of the teenagers went to an "out-of-bounds" bedroom in search of more drugs.
There they found a canister containing a selection of drugs including capsules, plastic containers and bags.
Ms Dutt said: "Isobel took two tablets. Mr Dodgeon's daughter and two other youths took one each."
"By 3am Isobel had shown signs of deterioration. She had started hallucinating and became very hot and red faced."
'Old hippie' The court was told her friends wanted to call an ambulance but she insisted they did not because they would get into trouble.
"After about an hour she lay on the bed frothing at the mouth, went pale and was motionless. She stopped breathing and friends could not find a pulse," said Ms Dutt.
Eventually an ambulance was called and Isobel was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead at 06:30 BST.
Dodgeon's 14-year-old daughter and two 14-year-old boys were also kept in hospital after the party.
After his arrest Dodgeon told officers he was a recreational drug user, describing himself as an "old hippie", the court was told.
He said he had accumulated the drugs over a number of years.
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Brian Dodgeon, 61, a research fellow at the University of London, was charged after the death of Isobel Jones-Reilly in April.
The 15-year-old, a friend of Dodgeon's daughter, fell ill at his home in Barlby Road, north Kensington.
Dodgeon appeared at West London Magistrates' Court in Hammersmith.
He has been suspended from his job on full pay.
'Out-of-bounds' bedroom He admitted four charges of possessing drugs including ecstasy, LSD and ketamine.
Isobel, who lived in Ramsay Road, Acton, died in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest at the party.
Dodgeon and his partner Angela Hadjipateras were away at a party in Hastings when about 30 teenagers turned up at their London home.
Continue reading the main story “Start Quote
After about an hour she (Isobel) lay on the bed frothing at the mouth, went pale and was motionless”
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Prosecutor
Nisha Dutt
Magistrates heard the youngsters were drinking cider, wine and spirits and smoking marijuana.
Prosecutor Nisha Dutt said Dodgeon's daughter Beatrice Hadjipateras, 14, told party-goers she had previously found a stash of cannabis in her father's drawer.
Three of the teenagers went to an "out-of-bounds" bedroom in search of more drugs.
There they found a canister containing a selection of drugs including capsules, plastic containers and bags.
Ms Dutt said: "Isobel took two tablets. Mr Dodgeon's daughter and two other youths took one each."
"By 3am Isobel had shown signs of deterioration. She had started hallucinating and became very hot and red faced."
'Old hippie' The court was told her friends wanted to call an ambulance but she insisted they did not because they would get into trouble.
"After about an hour she lay on the bed frothing at the mouth, went pale and was motionless. She stopped breathing and friends could not find a pulse," said Ms Dutt.
Eventually an ambulance was called and Isobel was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead at 06:30 BST.
Dodgeon's 14-year-old daughter and two 14-year-old boys were also kept in hospital after the party.
After his arrest Dodgeon told officers he was a recreational drug user, describing himself as an "old hippie", the court was told.
He said he had accumulated the drugs over a number of years.
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