Misadventure verdict on Winehouse

26 October 2011 Last updated at 09:02 ET

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A misadventure verdict was recorded at the inquest into Amy Winehouse’s death after a coroner heard she was more than five times the drink-drive limit.

The 27-year-old singer was found dead at her home in Camden, north London, on 23 July.

Three empty vodka bottles, two large and one small, were found at her flat, St Pancras Coroners Court heard.

The inquest heard the singer had 416mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. The legal drink-drive limit is 80mg.

St Pancras coroner Suzanne Greenway said: “She had consumed sufficient alcohol at 416mg per decilitre (of blood) and the unintended consequence of such potentially fatal levels was her sudden and unexpected death.”

Toxicology tests had showed “no illegal substances” were present in her body at the time of death.

Winehouse had not had a drink in the three weeks to 22 July, the court heard.

The inquest was told she was found in her bed by live-in guard Andrew Morris, who looked in on her at 10:00 BST, but thought she was asleep.

Amy Winehouse’s father was at the inquest

He alerted emergency services when he checked on her again at 15:00 and she had not moved.

A post-mortem examination proved inconclusive but later toxicology tests found there were “no illegal substances” in her body at the time of her death.

On Monday Scotland Yard admitted a file into her death might have been sent to the wrong address last Friday. It has since been handed in to police.

The material, which contained information relating to the inquest, was meant to be dispatched to the star’s family.

Police said inquiries into the matter were being carried out.

Since her death, Winehouse’s 2006 album Back to Black has become the UK’s bestselling album of the 21st Century.

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