Sam tragically died on July 18 last year, the day after his 15th birthday. He had been speaking to both of his parents on the day and had been celebrating with his friends. However, the day after turned to tragedy after Sam went into cardiac arrest after being found unresponsive inside a South Benfleet home, and later died from a drugs overdose. Speaking at her son’s inquest, Sam’s mum Gemma Bedford said: “I knew he would be out that evening, it was the last day of school and I never expected anything. “He hated alcohol, he detested it, he would have never drank it.