Four released in French death inquiry

Gardaí are to send files to the Director of Public Prosecutions after freeing four people arrested over the death of model Katy…

Gardaí are to send files to the Director of Public Prosecutions after freeing four people arrested over the death of model Katy French.

All four were questioned about the supply of drugs Ms French took in the hours before she collapsed last December. She later died in hospital.

On Wednesday morning, a man in his late 30s and a woman in her late 20s were arrested at an address in Co Meath. A man (23) from Ashbourne, Co Meath, was arrested a short time later.

A man (19) was arrested yesterday at an address in Ashbourne.

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The four were freed yesterday without charge.

Ms French fell ill at a house in Co Meath on the morning of Sunday, December 2nd. She was taken to hospital in Navan but never regained consciousness.

A postmortem and toxicology tests revealed she died after taking cocaine.