
The rapper boyfriend of Louella Michie arrested on suspicion of her murder and dealing the drugs that killed her is not a criminal, his family have insisted.

Ceon Brougton's grandmother Sylvia spoke out as it emerged Miss Michie, 25, looked 'dazed and unsteady' in the hours before her death and collapsed having taken an illegal substance with him at Bestival.

The 28-year-old grime artist and model, who has worked alongside Mercury Prize winner Skepta, was released after almost two days in custody last night, pending further investigation.

His grandmother Sylvia told MailOnline yesterday: 'I am shocked at his arrest. He lived with me when he was around 22 years of age. He was a very polite - I have never known him to be aggressive or violent'.

Mrs Broughton said that she had never seen her grandson with any drugs - and would be shocked if he dealt them - adding she recognised Louella's father John because she is a Holby City fan.

The actor, 60, and his family have said their 'hearts are broken' after her body was found in a secluded area of woodland frequented by drug users at the Dorset music festival on her 25th birthday on Monday.

Musician Ceon Broughton, who is understood to have been arrested on suspicion of murder and dealing drugs in the aftermath of Louella Michie's death at Bestival on her 25th birthday (pictured together last year)

Miss Michie and Ceon (bottom right together) at a family dinner with her actor father John, mother Carol, brother Sam, sister Daisy and her boyfriend Jamie Jamieson (top left to middle right)

Miss Michie (left and right) was found dead in a wooded area of Bestival music festival, in Dorset less than an hour after turning 25

John Michie and daughters Louella, left, and Daisy, right, arrive at Banqueting House in London for Plan UK's Because I am a Girl Gala Dinner 2014

Ceon has been a fixture in the Michie family for the past year, appearing in family photographs including at the 60th birthday celebrations last October of Louella's famous father, John Michie.

They rekindled their relationship just three weeks prior to the festival after several years of an on-off relationship.

In the hours before her death Louella was seen looking 'very unwell' in the Ambient Forest area of Bestival - an area where festivalgoers had been going to take drugs in secret, including Ketamine and 'hippy crack' - nitrous oxide - sold by dealers at two balloons for £10.

Louella's father John posted this image of the on-off couple in November last year

A friend told The Sun: 'People were so out of it they were on the floor and couldn't walk — it was a nasty atmosphere. I last saw Louella in that area.

'Her eyes were usually so beautiful but, when I saw her on Sunday, she didn't look very well at all and was unsteady. Her eyes weren't good then. She looked odd and didn't look very happy.'

Ceon Broughton was born in Lambeth in 1989 and lived in in a small terraced house in Wembley Park before his parents split up when he was a young boy.

His grandmother Sylvia said yesterday: 'He used to play football, ride his bike and be on his skateboard. He never showed me any disrespect.

'Sometimes I would raise my voice at him and say things to him like "you are in fashion and look at the state of your room go clear it up". He would always do what i asked and say "ok granny".

She said he had attended a local college and one of his subjects was photography before he entered the world of music and fashion.

Louella's father John Michie, who has also starred in the crime drama Taggart and in Holby City, returned to Dorset yesterday as police continued to search the scene where her body was found.

Her family said in a statement on Monday: 'Our hearts are broken by this horrific tragedy. We do not believe there to have been any malice intended in Louella and Ceon's weekend at Bestival.

'They appear to have taken an illegal substance but we would appreciate cautious and sensitive reporting until the facts are known.

'Louella inspired all who knew her with her joy of life. The family would like to thank everyone for their heartfelt tributes and messages.'

Louella and her on-off boyfriend Ceon at a fancy dress party as famous elves Link and Legolas

A police officer guards the taped-off area of the Bestival site where Louella Mitchie was found dead - a DJ said today that festival-goers had used the area to take drugs because security was less concentrated there

Louella was found in the circled area of forest on the edge of the Bestival site yesterday after she was reported missing to police

Mr Michie, who has also starred in the crime drama Taggart and in Holby City, returned to Dorset yesterday as police continued to search the scene where her body was found.

Friends reported seeing Miss Michie looking unwell in the woods, close to where a group were selling balloons of laughing gas.

A source told the Sun: 'Some people were so out of it they were on the floor and couldn't walk — it was a nasty atmosphere. I last saw Louella in that area.

'Her eyes were usually so beautiful but, when I saw her on Sunday, she didn't look very well at all and was unsteady. Her eyes weren't good then. She looked odd and didn't look very happy.'

Mr Broughton, who goes by the stage name CEONRPG, has just released a new song, Duracell, which was produced by Skepta.

Originally from Croydon, South London, he has flirted with fashion design, running several websites selling trendy street clothes.

Mr Michie said yesterday his 'world has been shattered' by his daughter's sudden death but he believes she was not murdered and it was a 'tragic accident'.

Speaking outside the Michie family's £1.2million home in Holloway, North London, one close friend said: 'He [Mr Michie] just wants to make it crystal clear there is no suggestion of murder, at all. He also wants people to know she was a happy vibrant girl. She never really did drugs. It's just an accident, he's clear about that.

'They're a really lovely family, lovely neighbours, best neighbours you could possibly want.'

He drove 130-miles from London to Bestival yesterday morning after being sent a WhatsApp map locating her in an area where festivalgoers had been going to take drugs in secret.

A post-mortem examination showed 'no clear signs' of an assault on Miss Michie's body but tests showing if she had taken any illegal substances have not yet returned. A friend claimed today she had been an infrequent user of drugs.

Her actor father and his partner Carol Fletcher, 60, drove from their London home to the site having reportedly received a panicked phone call and a WhatsApp map pinpointing her location from the friend now believed to be in custody.

A family source told MailOnline today: 'No one can quite believe that Louella has gone. John and the family are struggling and are in tears. John said his world has been shattered. The whole family feel that way.'

Louella appears to inhale the contents of a balloon at a festival with a friend - a common practice by those using nitrous oxide - otherwise known as 'hippy crack'

Louella on the floor with friends in Ibiza, each with a balloon in their mouths

Louella, who died in a suspected drugs tragedy at Bestival, posed on social media in front of this adapted road sign

Ceon Broughton (right) with Mobo and Mercury Prize-winning grime artist Skepta modelling for Chanel at London Fashion week

Ceon (bottom right) and members of his entourage with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan pictured at this year's Mobo awards

Michie is best known as playing Rovers Return landlord Karl Munro where he had the distinction of burning down the street's favourite pub

Paying tribute to Louella, her father described her as 'so very positive, so bright, so out there'

A DJ who played Bestival said today Miss Michie died in a secluded area where festival-goers had been sneaking off to take drugs because there was a 'lack' of security.

The family friend told MailOnline he could not confirm claims she died after taking drugs but said: 'The family all think it is an accidental death', another friend who arrived at the family home in north London to leave flowers today said: 'She never really did drugs'.

An initial post-mortem examination took place last night and Miss Michie's body showed 'no clear signs' of an assault.

But toxicology tests taken to find if she had taken drugs will take a few more weeks, the force said.

Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Derbyshire said: 'Detectives are working tirelessly to investigate the full circumstances surrounding this tragic death.

'A post mortem examination took place that was inconclusive and therefore we need to undertake a number of other examinations before we can establish why she died.'

Last Friday, the first night of the festival, Dorset Police had warned people about rogue pale blue ecstasy pills that were in circulation at Bestival and asked anyone who came across them to dispose of them.

A DJ who performed at Bestival claimed security manning the area near to where her body was found was 'woefully understaffed' on the night.

Philip Hutchinson, whose stage name is DJ GG, said the presence of more security guards by the path close to the Ambient Forest area of Bestival could have prevented someone from going there to do drugs.

Mr Hutchinson, 47, from Guildford, Surrey, said: 'I finished my DJ set and went back to the camp site.

'A policeman with a torch was there looking in tents. They said they were investigating a missing person and that we would find out all about it in the morning.

Louella, was the youngest daughter of Mr Michie and Carol Fletcher, who was previously a dancer for television troupe Hot Gossip. Police are trying to establish if she died after taking drugs

Ceon is a friend of grime star Skepta who produced his track 'Duracell' and he recently made a video (pictured) directed by Louella's brother Sam

Louella and Ceon, pictured together last Christmas, are believed to have split up but remained good friends, a source said

Louella's social media profiles are packed with images of her at various music festivals including Bestival last year (right)

Footage has emerged of fun-loving Louella doing the ice bucket challenge with her friends

Last night her father posted this picture of his daughter's bedroom as she left it before heading off to Bestival

Michie posted a heartbreaking picture of his daughter excitedly sewing her outfit for Bestival days to his Instagram account on Wednesday

Miss Michie is believed to have been found dead in the Ambient Forest area of the music festival (pictured)

'Clearly it was a lot more important than just a missing person. We later saw two policemen milling around in the brambles behind our campsite with torches and that was the area where the police cordon was in the morning.

'We thought it couldn't have been a murder because there were only three policemen there. There were no people in white forensic suits and a forensic tent.

'I am sure people were going there to do drugs. We thought the security was woefully understaffed. More security guards in the area potentially may have deterred them but I don't think they would have been able to prevent two people wandering from a path going to take drugs in the woods.'

Yesterday Mr Michie posted a picture of what is believed to be his daughter's bedroom as she left it before she died.

Police remain at the Bestival site today as they continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding her sudden death

Police began looking for her when friends said she had disappeared after watching the Pet Shop Boys on Sunday night at Bestival, held on the Lulworth Estate on the Jurassic Coast.

Her parents arrived and were refused entry to the site by security but Miss Michie's fully clothed body was found and Mr Broughton, 28, was arrested at the scene.

The 60-year-old actor, who is back in London, can't stop crying when he tries to console his wife Carol and two other children, a friend said.

Mr Michie, who played lovable rogue Karl Munro in Corrie and is CEO Guy Self in Holby City, now faces the traumatic ordeal today of identifying his 25-year-old daughter.

A family source told MailOnline: 'It is just unreal. Louella's brother and sister are in absolute pieces but they all think it is an accidental death.'

The family friend said Michie will travel to Dorset today from his North London home to identify and collect his daughter's body.

Her father had posted a heartbreaking picture of her excitedly sewing her outfit to his Instagram account on Wednesday, with the caption 'Sewing for Bestival'.

Mr Michie told The Sun last night: 'We've lost our angel. It's not murder – they were friends.

'It was just a tragic mistake, a tragic accident. She touched so many lives. She was so very positive, so bright. She had such energy. The tributes to her have been incredible.'

A source told newspaper her death could be linked to an unknown substance, which was 'too powerful'.

Woman for all seasons: Pictures from her Instagram account she her on summer travels (left) and on a snowboarding break (right)

Louella pictured having fun on London Bridge, with Tower Bridge visible behind her

(Left to right) Sam, Daisy and John Michie, Carol Fletcher and Louella Michie Celebrities arrive at David Gest's Celebrity Dinner Party at the Tower Hilton on Tooley Street, London, in April 2015

One Foot In The Grave actor Richard Wilson, a close family friend of Mr Michie and godfather to Ms Michie, released a statement following news of her death.

'Richard Wilson, Louella's godfather, was very, very attached to her and does not feel able to comment at this present time,' he said.

Mr Michie and Mr Wilson are believed to have first met on the set of period drama film A Passage To India in 1984.

At around 10.15am this morning Mr Michie, 60, his wife Carol, 60, were seen packing a blue MG estate before driving away, with two other men in the rear passenger seats.

One family friend, who this morning dropped off flowers and wished not to be named, said: 'The family are too cut up to talk.

'He just wants to make it clear there is no suggestion of murder, at all. He wants to make that crystal clear.

'He also wants people to know she was a happy vibrant girl. She never really did drugs.

'It's just an accident, he's clear about that, I think the whole family are clear about that.

'They're really lovely family, lovely neighbours, best neighbours you could possibly want.

'I've known them for 25 years since they were kids, they have never been in any trouble. Just a lovely lovely family.'

The 25-year-old was an avid supporter of Arsenal Football Club (pictured alongside a fellow Gunners fan)

Her social media profiles show her attending Glastonbury (left) and a string of other festivals and trendy gigs over the summer including Wilderness in Oxfordshire

Louella's friends have left tributes to the much-loved 25-year-old on social media today

Chizzy Akudolu, who starred alongside Louella's father in Holby City and is on this year's Strictly Come Dancing, posted this message on Twitter

Last night they were being comforted by friends at their north London home.

The alarm was raised at the festival shortly before 1am yesterday when Miss Michie disappeared shortly after the headline set by the Pet Shop Boys.

On-site police were alerted and her body was found on the edge of the site, which covers hundreds of acres close to the tourist landmark Durdle Door.

Yesterday, the woodland where her body was found had been cordoned off and forensic officers were combing the site.

Mr Michie also starred in Taggart playing DI Robbie Ross for 12 years, and is currently playing neurosurgeon Guy Self in BBC's medical drama Holby City.

The 60-year-old has two other children, Daisy, 27, a stylist, and Sam, 26, a music video director who has worked with Mr Broughton.

Arsenal football fan Miss Michie, the youngest of his three children, worked as a dancer and lived in north London.

Louella, whose godfather was One Foot In The Grave Star Richard Wilson, was able to perform an array of dance styles

As well as her celebrity parents, Louella leaves behind older siblings Daisy and Sam

Arsenal football fan Louella (pictured at a Halloween party), the youngest of his three children, worked as a dancer and also lived in North London

Her mother, Carol Fletcher, who was previously a dancer for television troupe Hot Gossip and Pan's People (middle in right picture)

Her mother, Carol Fletcher, who was previously a dancer for television troupe Hot Gossip and Pan's People, and Miss Michie inherited her expert dance ability from her mother and was represented by the Mass Movement agency.

She was able to perform ballet, bellydance, Bollywood, breakdancing, contemporary, disco, folk, jazz, rock and roll, salsa, swing, tango and tap genres.

Miss Michie also worked as a model where her long blonde hair, green eyes and petite frame - a size eight - were much in demand through The Eye Casting.

Chriss and Tiffany Campbell-Welch, the directors of Tiffany Theatre College, paid tribute to former student Ms Michie.

'Louella was a very gifted student, a beautiful young lady with a sweet soul who was well loved by everyone, peers and mentors alike,' they said.

'She had a wonderful ability to light up the room with her smile and make everyone feel happy.'

On Monday the organisers of Bestival said they were 'devastated' following news of the death.

'We continue to support the police in their ongoing investigation and our thoughts and prayers are with all the woman's family and friends,' they added.

She is understood to have worked for House of Voga, in London, where she led fitness classes.

Voga is a fusion of Yoga and Voguing, fitness and fashion, set to an 80s House beat and designed to empower, tone, get fit and stay flexible.

Last night her Instagram page, Voga Louella @houseofvogalondon, had been taken down.

Chizzy Akudolu, who starred alongside Miss Michie's father in Holby City and is on this year's Strictly Come Dancing, posted a message on Twitter in support of her former colleague.

She also worked as a model where her long blonde hair, green eyes and petite frame, a size eight, were much in demand through The Eye Casting

She inherited her expert dance ability from her mother and was represented by the Mass Movement agency

Her father (pictured left, on the Alan Titchmarsh Show in 2014 and right, on Loose Women in the same year) has also appeared in Taggart and Casualty

She said: 'A good mate just lost his daughter. I can't imagine what he and his family are going through. Life man. Tell someone you love them. Do it now'.

In an earlier statement, his agent said: 'Sadly, I can confirm the tragic death of John Michie's daughter, Louella, at Bestival.

She is understood to have worked for House of Voga, in London, where she led fitness classes

'John and his wife Carol ask that the privacy of their family be respected at this traumatic time.'

Michie and Carol met when she did the choreography and John did the dancing and ate the crisps in a Walkers advert nearly 30 years ago.

He said: 'I thought she was stunning and, when I found out she was in Hot Gossip, I thought, 'Oh my God'.

'I made sure I sat beside her at lunch and got her number.

'I told her I was organising a night at a rock 'n' roll club in London and asked her if she'd be interested since she was into dance. She said, 'Yes', and a few days later I called her.'

In an interview in 2012, John told how he and Carol never married because they were too busy bringing up their children.

Mr Michie also told how his daughter Louella was born when he was acting in Mr Wilson's play Women Laughing in 1992.

His wife Carol went into labour at midday, with the show due to begin at 7.30pm, and the actor was eventually phoned to ask where he was as the audience had arrived.

'I had to say, 'I'm really sorry but my wife is about to give birth - can you hold the house for half an hour because I'm sure I'll make it?',' he told the Daily Record.

'It was an awful situation and she was saying, 'Don't you dare leave me. You're not leaving me on my own'. So I didn't.

'Richard went out as only he could and explained to the audience what had happened.'

Some 30,000 revellers descended on the site for the four-day event but forensic officers were working at the scene as the festival came to a close and a cordon remains in place

Police said the body of the woman, who had attended Bestival, was found in a wooded area of the festival site in Lulworth, Dorset

In a statement yesterday, Bestival said: 'Following today's news announcement, the team at Bestival are devastated to hear about this tragic news.

'We continue to support the police in their ongoing investigation and our thoughts and prayers are with all the woman's family and friends.'

Last year, organisers announced Bestival would be moved from the Isle of Wight, where it was previously held, to the Dorset site.

The line-up this year included The XX, Dizzee Rascal, Rag'n'Bone Man, Pet Shop Boys, Wiley and Laura Mvula.

On Sunday, festival organisers were forced to close the main arena, the Castle Stage and Ambient Forest due to high winds.

Bestival began in 2004 on the Isle of Wight and only switched to Lulworth this year.

Around 30,000 festival-goers paid up to £195 each for four days of music from acts such as The XX, Dizzee Rascal and Laura Mvula.