'If I had known what he would be doing that night - I would have made sure he stopped in'

A mum has said she 'would have made sure her son stopped in' if she knew what would have happened to him on the night of his tragic death.

Albie Marriott sadly died from 'multi-drug toxicity' after taking a number of recreational drugs on December 21 last year, Lancs Live reports. The 26-year-old had been on a night out with friends in Euxton, in Lancashire, while on home leave from his job as a marine engineer.

At one point during the night, as Albie made his way back to a friend's house, he was seen collecting something from an individual in a car which his friends later presumed to be drugs. After returning to his friend's house, Albie carried on drinking and the group eventually all went to bed.

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The following morning, Albie's friend found him 'curled up and not breathing' and he was pronounced dead after paramedics arrived, an inquest at Preston Coroners' Court heard. His mum Faith described her 'very loving' son as the 'love of my life'.

She said she had not been aware that he took recreational drugs but that 'there were obviously two sides to him'. After his death, she also questioned his friends who admitted they occasionally consumed cocaine and ketamine while on a night out, the inquest heard.

Faith, who was accompanied by Albie's sister Alicia at the inquest, said: "He wasn't a frequent user. He was away for months at a time as a marine engineer.

"His friends have since disclosed that as a group they would take a few drugs together." A post mortem revealed that the cause of Albie's death was multi-drug toxicity.

Substances in his system included cocaine, ketamine and diazepam, as well as alcohol. The inquest heard that