A coroner has ruled a teenager who died of a heroin overdose in a public toilet was not unlawfully killed. The body of Kellie Oakes, 19, was found in the men's toilets at Swindon railway station in February 2002.
A post-mortem examination revealed she had died from a massive heart attack after taking heroin.
A police investigation was launched after CCTV footage revealed she had been with other people just before she died.
A man and a 13-year-old boy were arrested in connection with her death.
'Tragic waste'
But an in inquest in Swindon on Wednesday heard that no-one else was to blame for Miss Oakes' death.
Graphic details the about the last few hours of Miss Oakes' life were recounted in court - a witness described how he shared a toilet cubicle with her as they injected heroin.
The coroner's court heard how as a 16-year-old Miss Oakes had started taking drugs, often paying for her addiction by working as a prostitute.
The court was told that after a spell in prison Miss Oakes managed to give up heroin, only to start taking the narcotic again shortly before her death.
Summing up, coroner Nigel Brookes said it was another sad example of a tragic waste of life and that no-one else was directly involved in her death.
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