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| Amy Winehouse inquest: Singer drank herself to death | Amy Winehouse inquest: Singer drank herself to death |
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| Singer Amy Winehouse died after drinking too much alcohol, a second inquest has confirmed. | |
| Winehouse was found dead at her home in Camden, north London, in 2011. | Winehouse was found dead at her home in Camden, north London, in 2011. |
| The hearing into the 27-year-old's death is being repeated after the deputy coroner at the first inquest was found to lack the relevant experience. | The hearing into the 27-year-old's death is being repeated after the deputy coroner at the first inquest was found to lack the relevant experience. |
| She had been hired by her husband, senior coroner for inner north London area, but had not been a registered lawyer for five years as required. | |
| Alcohol toxicity | |
| The coroner at St Pancras Coroner's Court recorded a verdict of misadventure on the death of Winehouse, having heard the same evidence about the singer's death as was revealed at the first inquest in October 2011. | |
| The hearing was told he Back To Black star was more than five times the legal drink-drive limit when she died, having 416mg of alcohol per decilitre of blood in her system - the legal driving limit is 80mg. | |
| Dr Shirley Radcliffe, St Pancras Coroner, said the star died from "alcohol toxicity", adding it was "a level of alcohol commonly associated with fatality". | |
| She said Winehouse "voluntarily consumed alcohol" and added "two empty vodka bottles were on the floor" beside her bed when her body was discovered. |