The family of a man found dead in his bedroom by his grandfather after suffering a drug overdose say he was the "most caring and kind boy".

Samuel Crow died at his flat in Ramsgate in February after losing his battle with a drug addiction.

An inquest this week heard how the 27-year-old had a variety of different drugs in his body when he died.

Paige Crow says her cousin would help anyone and had struggled to overcome his addiction after his father died.

She said: "Sammy was the most caring and kind boy you’d ever come across, if someone needed help he would be there in a blink of an eye.

"After losing his dad he struggled, he struggled for a long time, he was fighting hard to get away from his addiction but it became too much.

"He was beautiful inside and out and would be the one to stop you in the street to make sure your okay, to make sure you’ve got everything you needed, even when he was struggling himself.

"He is and always will be adored by many, we love you Sam. Rest well up there my angel, I hope we’re all making you proud."

A hearing at Canterbury Magistrates' Court was told Mr Crow had taken several different substances and morphine and cocaine were found in his body during a post-mortem examination.

The court was told how unemployed Mr Crow had first started smoking cannabis when he was 10-years-old, taking cocaine for the first time aged 13 and injecting heroin when he was 14.

A pathologist report read to the court revealed Mr Crow suffered major organ failure.

Ian Walker, Mr Crow's grandfather, called in to see his grandson at the flat in Addington Street as he was concerned about not hearing from him for two days.

Police and paramedics were called shortly after 11am on Friday, February 15.

Mr Walker told the inquest hearing: "I saw Sam sitting on the floor in his bedroom in the doorway.

"We'd been round on other occasions before and he would be lying down and because he was in such a deep sleep from the drugs.

"We thought that this was the same thing and I touched his arm and said 'come on wake up'."

Mr Crow was enrolled with doctors at the Forward Trust, the east Kent drug and alcohol service, and had regularly phoned to request appointments and informing them if he had missed picking up medication to help tackle his addiction.

But the inquest heard he regularly relapsed and had visited hospital on several occasions after suffering injuries related to his drug taking.

Coroner Ian Goldrup recorded Mr Crow's death as drug related saying he was satisfied there were no signs he had wanted to take his own life and that he had died of multi drug toxicity.

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