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Daughter of police chief dies at party
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The Independent - London
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May 6, 1996
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A policeman's daughter died yesterday at an all-night party,
following claims by the host that she had taken ecstasy tablets
earlier at a nightclub before she arrived.
Claire Pierce, 20, was found dead on a settee at a house in
Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire where Simon Wright, 20, lives. Friends
thought at first she was asleep but found her cold and raised the
alarm. A police doctor certified her dead.
Mr Wright, a clothing salesman, said last night: "Several
friends who were there with her in the club told me they had seen
her taking ecstasy and a strong pain-killing drug. She was slipped
the tablets in the club, but no one saw who gave them to her."
At a news conference yesterday, ...