"A millionaire's homeless son was found dead from an accidental overdose following a long history of drug addiction, an inquest has ruled.
Ryan Staffiere, 42, was found dead while living in a pod for the homeless next to County Hall in Truro, Cornwall, in February 2025.
Mr Staffiere, who previously told a local newspaper his millionaire parents had kicked him out of the family home due to his drug and drink problems, began using cannabis and abusing alcohol from the age of eleven.
Throughout his teens he took LSD, amphetamine and dabbled with heroin before he became a regular user of the class A drug by the time he was in his 20s.
In the paper interview, which took place in 2019, a little over five years before his death, he described himself as a 'good boy gone wrong'.
Mr Staffiere's mother Sheila said her eldest child was very bright and sporty, and was a talented rugby player but he dropped out of education due to addiction.
His parents owned holiday cottages in the county and were millionaires, Mr Staffiere had claimed.
He told how he had dealt cannabis aged 14 and had a long criminal record with jail sentences as he fed his drug and alcohol addictions."
