A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl who thought she was "invincible" died from an ecstasy overdose, an inquest heard.

Leah Kerry had only returned to her old home in Torbay, Devon, that night to meet friends as she celebrated the start of the summer holidays.

But the night turned to tragedy when she swallowed three "Netflix" tablets she bought from a local dealer.

Today a coroner ruled her death was drug-related.

Senior south Devon coroner Ian Arrow warned other youngsters about the perils of drug taking.

He said: "I am satisfied on the balance of probabilities that Leah has taken three Netflix tablets of her own volition and sadly conclude that this is a drug related death."

He said the drugs, taken earlier that evening, caused a seizure.

He said he hoped the inquest in Torquay would "alert young people, in particularly youngsters, about the dangers of taking drugs in the first place and taking excessive drugs".

He was told Leah's mum Sarah Forbear had given her £20 for food and a train fare home when she dropped her off in Newton Abbot, Devon, that night.

She said Leah was excited to see her old friends having moved to Salisbury, and her parting words to her mum were "love you, bye".

Sarah said she did not know what her daughter's plans were for that evening. She was then awoken at 3am to say Leah was in Torbay Hospital having taken an overdose. Leah was pronounced dead at 6am.

South Western Ambulance Trust admitted there was a ten minute delay getting a crew to her because they had been sent 12 miles away to Baker's Park in Holne on Dartmoor, rather than Baker's Park in Newton Abbot, where a large group of youngsters had been partying.

But the inquest was told that delay did not contribute to Leah's death.

The ambulance trust's Russell Cooke said the youngster who called 999 used 'abusive language' and had a hostile attitude to them and was under the influence of illicit drugs.

He said the delay - the ambulance found Leah face down on a grassy slope at 2.20am - was not a factor in her death because she had taken the drugs hours before and was fitting.

Pathologist Dr Deborah Cook said Leah died from MDMA toxicity. She said she did not have any alcohol or cannabis in her system.

She said low levels of ketamine and cocaine were also in her system.

Dr Cook said Leah had taken six times as much of the drug as her friends - three tablets - which was "excessive".

She said Leah had been hospitalised two months before when she took ecstasy and alcohol.

Detective Sergeant Suzanne Vranch said the drugs had been bought that night from local dealer Jacob Khanlarian, 20, who was later jailed for three years at Exeter Crown Court.

DS Vranch said Leah began feeling unwell soon after taking them and friends said she started talking to herself and hallucinating so they left her on a park bench to 'sleep it off'.

But she began fitting and friends dialled 999 at 1.58am.

The detective said: "The evidence suggests she willingly consumed a high concentration of drugs that proved fatal. There is no evidence she intended the outcome or was forced against her will. There are no suspicious circumstances."

Leah's mum Sarah Forbear stressed that her daughter had not drunk alcohol and was not a cannabis user - facts supported by the pathologist.

When she died, her family said:"Sadly Leah was aware of the risks. She thought she was invincible. She has rolled the dice and had paid the ultimate price."