A Liverpool teenager has died after taking an new brand of ecstasy on a night out in Manchester.
Faye Allen is believed to have suffered an “adverse” reaction after taking a drug known as “Mastercard” in the early hours of Monday morning. She died a short time later in hospital.
The 17-year-old is said to have been attending the Don’t Let Daddy Know event at the Victoria Warehouse.
Tributes to the teenager have poured in with friends on Facebook and Twitter describing her as an “angel”.
Her boyfriend’s dad told the M.E.N: “She had never been to a rave or nightclub before. This was the first time. They are a couple of young lovers who have gone to a club. Faye took a pill for the first time and disaster has struck.
“The whole family are absolutely devastated. We don’t know how we are going to look after each other. Faye was her mother’s best friend and she doted on her brother and sister and her boyfriend.
“She loved to look after her disabled brother and her younger sister. She was such a smiley and warm, stomach loving girl.”
Detective Inspector Helen Bell from Greater Manchester Police said: “This is a tragic situation, the death of a young person is always devastating.
“But in these circumstances, it is all the more heart breaking.
“My thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.”