“Justice for our son” – 7 years after the D3ath of 18-year-old Greg, sh0cking revelation by parents Colin and Mandy Mackie on This Morning sparks national debate across the UK!

A mum and dad appeared on Tuesday’s episode of This Morning to talk about the heartbreaking d3ath of their son.

Colin and Mandy Mackie lost their 18-year-old son Greg back in 2017 after he was found d3ad in his university halls of residence located in Edinburgh.

A toxicology report showed that he had the equivalent of five 3cstasy t@blets in his system, but no trace of alcohol.

The parents – who are campaigning to change the laws around spiking – believe that their son was sp1ked, but no justice has been served seven years on from their devastating loss.

Recalling the moment that their lives changed forever, Mandy said: ‘We got a call at 6am and it was two police officers that called us, [who] come knocking on the door.

‘They just come in and “Your son has di3d from an 0verd0se”.

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A mum and dad appeared on Tuesday’s episode of This Morning to talk about the heartbreaking d3ath of their son

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The pair, who are now campaigning to make a change to the law on spiking, spoke to hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard

‘Greg had nothing to do with dg, Greg has never had anything to do with dg.’

She continued: ‘He was a very cautious person.

‘He had already done some filming on depression and was actually at the time, he was doing studies and putting a programme together on dg.

‘He was very aware of everything, would never have taken his eye off the ball. So for them to say it was a dg 0verd0se, plus he was into his sports, he was into speedway, he was into boxing. It was something that never was part of our life.

‘It never entered our lives. So for someone to come and tell me something like that, “No you’ve got this wrong. There’s no way!”‘

Colin went on to explain that they felt as if they weren’t given much support after they were told what had happened to their son, and that they had to keep ‘chasing’ the police for more information.

‘For a very challenging time, we just felt really let down,’ he told Cat and co-host Ben Shephard, 50.

‘That’s why we’ve moved on to where we are now, which is campaigning.’

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Mandy (pictured) told the TV presenters: ‘Greg had nothing to do with dg, Greg has never had anything to do with dg’

Ben asked what the police’s reaction was when they shared that they thought he had been sp1ked, after it was found he had the equivalent of five 3cstasy t@blets in his system, with no alcohol.

Many said: ‘What had happened was, the statements they had got, they had interviewed 74 people in the halls of residence, they said he had been drinking and he had taken the tablets himself.

‘We were going “Nah. No, definitely not.” He wouldn’t do that.

‘You know your child.  And obvious;y when the report came through and he hadn’t been drinking, and the equivalent of five 3cstasy t@blets, then it was a totally different ball game.

‘We said “Look, we told you”. If he had been drinking, everyone could possibly take one.

‘But they even turned around and said even people that mess with dg would never have taken that many.

‘They know that’s a dangerous limit.’

Colin revealed that they did do a ‘long investigation’, but nobody has been charged.

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Colin said: ‘At the end of it, the police officer that they were d3aling with said he’d got it down to two suspects, in his opinion, but didn’t have enough evidence to get it over the line’

‘At the end of it, the police officer that they were d3aling with said he’d got it down to two suspects, in his opinion, but didn’t have enough evidence to get it over the line,’ Colin said.

‘So he could never prove it actually happened, and eventually dropped the case.

‘They said that’s it, it’s as far as they can go.’

The couple have set up a charity called Spike Aware.

‘We’ve got to change this,’ Colin told the presenters.

‘We want to raise awareness of it and get changes in the law. The law wasn’t substantial enough,’ Colin said.

Mandy explained Colin was reading through it and found a slight loop hole, stressing: ‘A few of the lawyers looked at it and thought “Yeah you’re right here. There is a loop hole.”‘

Cat pointed out: ‘And it’s to be tougher on the perpetrator?’

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Colin explained: ‘Currently there’s a loop hole, you’ve got to show intent.

‘This is the gap, we have a discussions with Joe Roberts, an MP, he put forward an amendment last week to try and strengthen up the wording of the bill.

‘It was voted down and it will go the House Of Lords. We’re not giving up.’