An investigation into the devastating death of a mother-of-one after attending a festival was at the centre of a documentary on Channel 5.

Stephanie Thorpe, from Farnworth, died after attending the Restricted Forest festival in Blackburn, Lancashire, on June 25 of last year.

After an inquest a coroner came to the conclusion the devastating death of the mother-of-one was an accident brought on by the effects of an MDMA tablet taken by Ms Thorpe. Dr James Adeley heard how she did not use drugs with any regularity but she did use drugs on the day to enhance the experience.

A documentary on Channel 5, Cause of Death, showed how the coroner came to this conclusion from the 999 call to the inquest itself.

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There are appearances from Ms Thorpe's partner, Carl Pendlebury, from Ms Thorpe's sisters Kelly and Cherie, and from a number of those who were involved in the death from the paramedics to the pathologists.

Bolton's Parish Church, on Churchgate, and Farnworth's St Gregory's Social Club, on Church Street, appear in the one-hour programme as the places where crowds of family and friends came to celebrate her life.

Kelly said: "There was not a bad bone in her body. She did not know how amazing she was and the amount of people [at St Gregory's Social Club] shows how amazing she was."

Cherie said: "Stephanie took drugs on the day like thousands of other festivalgoers but the question is 'Why did this happen to her?'. We think there are a lot of lessons to be learnt. 

"We know it is one of the factors in her death but it does not define her and it does not define who she was."

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Ms Thorpe attended local schools and Bolton College before becoming a teacher for those with SEND.

A GoFundMe raised more than £17,500 for her family, including for her baby boy Alfie, after her death.

Cause of Death is available on My 5.

For information go to channel5.com.

This article was written by Jack Tooth. To contact him, email jack.tooth@newsquest.co.uk or follow @JTRTooth on Twitter.