Brit found 'unresponsive' in Thai hotel – inquest
BBCA man from North Yorkshire died in Thailand due to the combined effects of several drugs, an inquest heard.
Oliver Alexander White, 25, from Skipton, was found "unresponsive" in his bed at a hotel in Koh Samui on 28 November 2025, having travelled around Asia in the weeks prior.
On Friday, his death was ruled as "drug related" due to the combined effects of morphine, diazepam, gabapentin and tramadol following an inquest at Northallerton Coroner's Court.
Assistant coroner Mark Armitage said he did not know how the drugs came to be in Oliver's system, but added there was "certainly no evidence" to suggest he took them with the intention of harming himself.
The coroner said Oliver, a labourer, left the UK the previous month to go travelling and visited Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia.
In a statement read by the coroner, Oliver's father, Jonathan, said his son travelled to Thailand on 25 November and caught a ferry to the island of Koh Samui two days later.
He said his son "filled every day" with activities during his travels and planned to head to Australia in the New Year to secure work.
Oliver kept in regular contact with his family and, according to his father, messaged his family "as normal" before his death.
He told them he was going to an event on the beach and sent them a photo of himself saying "all was good".
The coroner said Oliver called someone later that evening, when he seemed "a bit drunk but not excessive".
When his family did not hear from him on 28 November, they became concerned and called the hotel where he was staying.
Hotel staff told his family he had died, the inquest heard, having been found "unresponsive" in his bed.
He had previously used cocaine, the inquest heard, but had "no history" of using heroin - the "likely" source of the morphine.
The coroner added: "I do not know the circumstances… I can't say in any way that he took those drugs intentionally, or with any intention, or knowing what they were."
The coroner made "no findings" about how the drugs came to be in Oliver's system, but said there was "certainly no evidence he took such drugs with the intention of harming himself".
"He seemed to be enjoying himself," the coroner added.
Jonathan said he was as "convinced as I can be" that his son "did not take something to cause his death".
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