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Darren Meah-Moore, 39 was a famous drag queen who performed in Wales, England and internationally under the names CC Quinn and Crystal Coutoure. The inquest into his death is ongoing
Here is everything we know from the inquest into the death of a drag queen
- Darren Meah-Moore’s body was found in a lane close to Windsor Place and Park Lane in Cardiff city centre on Sunday, January 22, 2023. The inquest heard the convicted paedophile had sexual encounters with other men on the same night before meeting a stranger walking his dog in the early hours of the morning in the street.
- The dog walker said he went to a secluded car park with the 39-year-old drag queen and began engaging in sexual activity with him before the dog joined in.
- The man – who cannot be identified – said he tried to “shoo” the animal away but Meah-Moore told him not to. The owner said he “lost interest” when Meah-Moore continued to allow the dog to have sex with him. He said that Meah-Moore fell asleep and could not be roused.
- The inquest was told tests found “human and non-human” semen inside Meah-Moore’s body and DNA matched the man’s dog. The Pontypridd hearing was told pathologists could not find a “traumatic” cause of death – and tests were carried out to see if Meah-Moore was allergic to dogs.
- The court heard the original medical cause of death was given as 1a: sudden death in a man with bronchial asthma who had consumed alcohol and in a temporal association with sexual activity including anal intercourse. The dog’s owner said he wanted to stop the animal having sex with Meah-Moore but was told not to.
- Meah-Moore was jailed in March 1999 after being convicted of four counts of rape of a boy under 16. In 2011, he was also sentenced to a three-year community order and given 300 hours of unpaid work for breaching of a sex offender’s order.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: Final movements of paedo drag queen who died after having sex with stranger and his dog
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