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A MUM has issued a heartbreaking drugs warning after her daughter died taking “dark web” MDMA pills.
Devastated Rita Hole warned teens after 15-year-old Shakira Pellow died in her arms 12 hours after taking the lethal tablet last year.
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The schoolgirl, was rushed to hospital after collapsing in a park in Camborne, Cornwall, in July 2018.
She had taken a blue tablet – thought to be MDMA or ecstasy – marked with the name “Duplo” along with three other teens.
The trio recovered but Shakira died after suffering multiple cardiac arrests and organ failure.
Speaking after an inquest ruled that Shakira’s death was drug-related, Rita said: “It should be a warning people.
“Shakira, we told her the risks but she still took that chance. I think kids need to be more educated.”
Speaking in October, she told told Cornwall Live of the heartbreaking moment Shakira died in her arms after taking the pills.
She said: “They tried CPR for 13 minutes but then they had to call it.
“She died in my arms with all her family around her 12 hours from taking the tablet that killed her.
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“I just don’t understand why she would have done it. She promised me she’d never do it again.
“These people that are giving these children drugs – it’s got to stop.
“How many more people are going to die as a result of these drugs?”
The heartbroken mum said parents have told her the substance in the pills is enough to kill.
As her daughter fought for her life, Rita paid tribute to her on Facebook in a series of heartbreaking posts.
She changed her profile picture to one of the tragic youngster with the caption: “Baby mummy and your sisters love you so much.
“Please come home my baby.”
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Earlier this year we told how students bought cocaine over the dark web and collected it at a Royal Mail depot.
The internet is actually made up of three different layers: the surface web, the deep web and the dark web.
The dark web is a network of untraceable online activity and websites.
They cannot be found using search engines and to access them you need to use specific software, configurations or have authorisation.
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