article_snippet: Tragic: Judge Sylvia de Bertodano also offered Tragic: Judge Sylvia de Bertodano sympathies to Mr Steen's ' family, saying: 'You are going to have to work very hard to rebuild your life - but that is something Mr Steen's ' will never be able to do. '
article_snippet: Mr Steen's ' was a young man on the very threshold of life.
article_snippet: Nothing you can do, and I can do today can reconcile Mr Steen's family to Mr Steen's family loss.'
article_snippet: Threshold of life': She added that Mr Steen's ' had committed a 'terrible dereliction of duty' by allowing Mr Steen's ' (pictured) to take drugs, despite Mr Steen's ' being a doctor 'in a position of authority' Promising: The student (left and right), from Poyntzpass, near Newry, Northern Ireland, was a keen skier and was studying media, communications and cultural studies at Newcastle University .
article_snippet: An ambulance was called, and as they waited they tried to resuscitate Mr Steen's ' but realised Mr Steen's ' airway was blocked. '
article_snippet: Paramedics then arrived, but Mr Steen's ' was already beyond help.'
article_snippet: Spirit: After his death, Mr Steen's ' parents said Mr Steen's parents son had been a 'kind, caring, intelligent and very talented young man, with a generous spirit' The court heard Mr Steen's ' died of respiratory failure as a result of a blockage of Mr Steen's ' airway, although the drugs were said to be a ‘direct contributor’ to that.
article_snippet: Christopher Millington QC, defending, said: 'This was a talented student, and the consequence of his death has caused terrible grief to Mr Steen's ' family. '
article_snippet: Mr Millington added: 'The sad fact is that having devoted so many years of Mr Steen's life to becoming a doctor, Mr Steen's has put Mr Steen's career in jeopardy because of the irresponsibility Mr Steen's displayed during that social gathering. '
article_snippet: That is something Mr Steen's will have to live with, together with the guilt and feeling of responsibility over the death of the deceased.'