Son’s ecstasy
death ‘could
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Daniel Spargo-Mabbs was taken to hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning after going to the party at an industrial site in Hayes, west London, and died yesterday.

Speaking at the family home in Croydon, his father Tim described him as “a lovely mercurial kid”.

Mr Spargo-Mabbs, 50, said: “He was up for adventure. He was a really normal kid. He spent a bunch of his spare time with his girlfriend and played a lot on his Xbox.

“This was the first time he’d taken anything and if it could happen to him it could happen to anyone. We very much want to get that message across.”

Mr Spargo-Mabbs added that Daniel’s girlfriend, a fellow pupil at Archbishop Tenison’s Church of England High School in Croydon, was “traumatised” by his death.

Headteacher at the school Richard Parrish said: “He was a bright boy, he was an articulate boy, he was a boy of huge potential. He was going to go far.

“We are still stunned. We’re just beginning to emerge from that.”

The teenager, who was in the first year of studying for his A-levels, was “just beginning to find his niche” and was interested in “a whole range” of things.

Police were called at about 4am on Saturday by paramedics who were treating the unconscious teenager at the rave at Pump Lane, Silverdale Road.