His mum said: “Joshua told me he hated the way he had treated people in the past. It was only later that Joshua was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome.Įventually, Joshua moved in with the family of a friend in 2016 and stayed there until February 2020 before he moved into a hostel. He even carved a swastika into his arm and his mum took the heartbreaking decision to seek foster care for him. By this stage, aged 14, he was also taking MDMA and smoking cannabis. Joshua became aggressive at home and he began to take an interest in far right groups. He said the medication just made him feel numb and he wanted to come off it. In 2011 Joshua was diagnosed with ADHD and was given medication but it didn’t seem to help and his behaviour continued to spiral.
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He was caught smoking and truanting at school so his parents sought professional help through child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Joshua had an IQ of 131 which is well above average and almost classed as high IQ. He had problems grasping other people’s emotions.” She said: “He seemed to enjoy school but as he got older he began to struggle. She said Joshua got on fantastically well with his younger brothers but she began to notice he had problems emotionally. She described him as a “happy and loving” little boy who fixated on things such as Power Rangers and wrestling. In a statement Joshua’s mum described the difficulties Joshua faced with his mental health issues and the problems in getting an accurate diagnosis. “He seemed to be his usual self at the party and not distressed at all.” “I saw him take a number of drugs at the party which included Valium, Xanax, cocaine, weed and methadone. “He regularly took drugs and has done so for a long time. He said: “I have known Josh for three years and saw him almost every day. “Josh took so many drugs that weekend something was bound to happen.”Īnother close friend of Joshua’s also told the inquest what happened at the party. One guy there began giving CPR and an ambulance was called. “At about 8.30pm that evening I noticed there was blood coming from his mouth. “We both topped and tailed in a bed in the early hours of the Sunday and I got up the next day to go out for a bit and he was crashed out.
“I saw him take a number of drugs from the Friday to the Sunday including Valium, diazepam, ketamine, MDMA and weed. Giving evidence, she said: “I got to the party at about 8.30pm on the Friday and Josh looked like he was already under the influence of something. One friends told the inquest she had been at the party where Joshua died. Joshua's death at a property in Catherine Street in Wincolmlee was branded 'extremely distressing' at an inquest in Hull Pathologist Dr Karen Ramsden told the inquest there were no natural causes to explain Joshua’s death and concluded he died as a result of cardiorespiratory depression due to the toxic effects of methadone, codeine, cocaine and MDMA. He began taking illicit drugs to deal with his issues and was finally diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome but he was already addicted to drugs and alcohol by that point. He was diagnosed with ADHD and given medication but this did not work. Joshua had an intelligence that was above the average, yet he struggled in life and was unable to deal with his emotions and those of others, HullLive reports. Joshua Speck, 19, was found dead by fellow party-goers at the property in Hull on the evening of July 26, 2020, in what has been described as "an extremely distressing loss".ĭespite there being a number of people in the flat on Catherine Street in Wincolmlee when Joshua overdosed, no one noticed he had stopped breathing until blood was seen coming from his mouth, an inquest in Hull heard. A young man with an above-average intelligence died after taking a cocktail of drugs following a three-day house party after lockdown.
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