Georgia Cassidy, 19, knocked back four wraps of the Class A drug to protect Alan Nolan when police stopped his car in a random check in Kirkby, Merseyside, earlier this year.
They managed to avoid cops' suspicion and drove off in 22-year-old Nolan's Ford Fiesta.
But not long after the wraps began to tear inside Georgia's stomach, and she suffered a seizure later on the same day in a pub car park in the village of Sefton.
After "panicking", Nolan finally took her to hospital, where three days later on February 14 the teen died in hospital after "irreversible" brain damage and cocaine toxicity.
Her heartbroken mum Joanne Cassidy blasted her "manipulative" and "cowardly" former boyfriend in a moving statement.
She told Liverpool Crown Court: "On that night she died protecting someone she thought loved her, but that love was never returned only manipulated, and cowardly and careless actions cost us all dearly".
An inquest into Georgia's passing recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Nolan, a labourer with no previous convictions, was today found guilty for possession of Class A drugs but avoided a jail term, after getting a 16 months in custody suspended for 18 months plus 300 hours community service.
Her moving words left the entire court, including Nolan, in floods of tears.
She described how they first found Georgia in hospital "motionless with tubes and blood all over her", an image that would "haunt us forever".
"The day Georgia passed our sunshine, dreams, future was all taken," Joanne said.
"No more family time around the dinner table with chatter, debates and laughter, no more family holidays and memories to make together, no more family photos, no more birthdays or Christmas celebrations that we all loved so much."
Georgia’s parents allowed her organs to be donated to critically ill patients after they learnt her brain injury was irreversible.
In her statement Joanne said: "Georgia had a lot to give to this world and we as a family believe she was a victim on that dreadful night and didn't willing partake in the events that happened.
"Our beautiful girl was taken in the most tragic of circumstances and far too soon but Karl and I will ensure Georgia’s life and memories are treasured and never forgotten by all, we will love her to the end of our days."
At the time of the inquest Coroner André Rebello told Georgia's family there was "no suggestion that she had any connection with drugs", adding: 'Tragically, her death has occurred from an accident."
Mum's heartbreaking statement in full
"Words cannot express or convey the devastation Karl and I feel at the loss of our beautiful daughter Georgia.
"On that fateful Sunday, every parent's worst nightmare was our reality, that dreaded knock at the door and the police telling you your child is hurt.
"The police didn't even give us time to get dressed properly or even drive ourselves, we were taken by blue lights all the way to the hospital and that’s when reality hits and you realise this is serious and fear and panic takes over.
"We entered the hospital and was taken in to a room with police around us and doctors telling us that our daughter had arrived at the hospital with no pulse and she was a seriously poorly girl and our world fell apart instantly.
"We were taken to see Georgia before she went to critical care and no parent should see what Karl and I saw, Georgia laying there motionless with tubes and blood all over her with all her clothes cut off and hanging over the side of the hospital gurney. The image will haunt us forever, seeing our baby in such a frightening way.
"Karl, I and the family had a traumatic three days of sitting by Georgia’s bedside holding her hand, willing her to get better, whilst hoping and praying she would wake up, but each time the doctors tried and she never woke. We were devastated all over again.
"Then we were told there was nothing more they could do for Georgia – her brain had swelled so much it had broken her brain stem – and we had to make the heartbreaking decision to switch the life support machines off. That will always be the worst and hardest decision Karl and I will ever have to make, ending our only baby’s life.
"But as beautiful Georgia was in life she was in death, as she saved two families the heartache and devastation that Karl and I feel of Georgia not being in our lives every day, she has left a huge gaping hole in all of us.
"We could not thank enough the efforts of all the staff who tried to save our beautiful girl, that touched so many. That our family, friends and work colleagues, in honour and memory of Georgia raised £1,500 for the Aintree Hospital Critical Care unit as a small gratitude for the care she received as we will be forever grateful for how hard they tried.
"The loss of Georgia has impacted so many lives and we are all completely broken and cannot begin to understand why this happened.
"Georgia was a young, fit and healthy girl who had lots of life to live and Karl and I will mourn that loss of life every second of every day for the rest of our lives.
"The day Georgia passed our sunshine, dreams, future was all taken. No more family time around the dinner table with chatter, debates and laughter, no more family holidays and memories to make together, no more family photos, no more birthdays or Christmas celebrations that we all loved so much.
"But most of all I will miss the rubbish cups of tea that would cost me a new top or pair of shoes, Georgia would say 'shall we play cafes mum?' and I knew what was coming, a big bill, but that was our way.
"Georgia was our everything and we didn’t just lose our daughter that dreadful night, we lost our best friend and purpose in life too.
"Karl and I will no longer have the option to watch Georgia become a woman and the friendship grow stronger into adulthood.
"Georgia dreamed of owning her own salon and training apprentices like her and we will miss not sharing that dream with her.
"But her biggest dream of all was to become a mum, she just loved and adored children and all the time in the world for them.
"Karl and I will never get to see all them future milestones we took for granted and Karl will no longer get to have his proudest moment with Georgia walking her down the aisle on her special day, but the most devastating of all, we no longer have our beautiful baby girl to call us mum and dad and will never have the opportunity to be called nanny and grandad as we always dreamed of."
"Georgia had big dreams for her future but she achieved so many in the 19 wonderful years we had with her, she achieved Morris and modern dance certificates and danced in many competitions, she was a black belt in judo, a sports leader and ambassador for out of school activities.
"She was also elected for school council by both her friends and peers which she loved, she achieved 10 GCSEs and was voted apprentice of the year at college, but she just couldn’t pass that driving test and instead of buying her a car, we had to buy her a funeral.
"Georgia was the life and soul wherever she went and a dedicated young woman who never stayed off school from primary to secondary school, it had to be extreme for her to stay at home and that continued as she got older in to college and work."
"Since Georgia passed our home is so quiet and sombre, no music, no TV, no hairdryer going and wet towels left all over the floor. I am unable to go in her room as it’s too painful to not see her laying on the bed watching awful reality TV.
"Karl and I attend counselling each week as we don’t know how to deal with our loss and I am being treated for post-traumatic stress and take daily medication just to get me through the days, as the heartbreak and pain is just too much to bear.
"I don’t sleep and when I do, the nightmares start. Karl and I have both had to take time away from work to readjust to our now saddened lives without our daughter in them.
"Karl and I only got blessed with one child and we devoted our whole life and time to her every day and when Georgia died, pieces off Karl and I died too, and we will never be whole again.
"Our home is no longer a family home as we are missing such a big character to fill it. Georgia passing has broken and torn us all and family members have been attending counselling too from the adults to the youngest members as it has hit us all very hard.
"The children cry for her as she was always with them and my great nephew who is autistic runs around shouting 'I can’t find Georgia', which breaks us every time as he doesn't know how to convey his feelings of her not being around him daily, and they ask 'Why did Georgia have to go to the angels? We miss and love her so much'.
"Karl and I will never know or understand why or how this happened, why Georgia did what she did that fateful night as she was always so anti-drug, she was never one for clubbing as she would always say 'I'm a sitter not a stander mum, I would much rather go to a little pub and have a laugh'."
As her voice began to break, Mr Cassidy held his wife's arm and offered to read the remainder of her statement, but she summoned up the courage to carry on.
She said: "Karl and I will always ask why our baby, why didn't we keep her in that night, why didn't we call her to come home early, why wasn't she taken to the hospital sooner and why do we have to live without her?
"We still expect Georgia at 6pm each night to come through the door and say 'I'm home'. We know that is not our reality but we wish it was and all this was just a bad dream.
"Both Karl and I would swap places with Georgia in a heartbeat to give her the opportunity of life.
"Georgia was a very special person by everyone who knew her, family, friends, work colleagues, clients and even primary, secondary and collage teachers. Everyone she touched attended her funeral as we all grieved the loss of a beautiful soul.
"If you had known Georgia, you would know if you had her trust you had her loyalty and love forever. She was truly an amazing daughter and one you could be proud of and we miss her so much it hurts beyond words.
"Georgia had a lot to give to this world and we as a family believe she was a victim on that dreadful night and didn't willing partake in the events that happened
"But that is a statement from the people who knew her best and can never be proven, as she is not here to tell her side of the story.
"But on that night she died protecting someone she thought loved her, but that love was never returned only manipulated, and cowardly and careless actions cost us all dearly – Georgia her life and Karl and I now have a life no longer full of joy and happiness as it was.
"Our beautiful girl was taken in the most tragic of circumstances and far too soon but Karl and I will ensure Georgia’s life and memories are treasured and never forgotten by all, we will love her to the end of our days.
"Our angel in life is now our angel in heaven and hopefully one day Karl, I and Georgia will all be reunited one by one, as we all become a family again.
"Within this statement, Karl and I have tried to give you a glimpse of the devastation we feel at the loss of our daughter and the kind of person Georgia was.
"We hope you take into consideration the facts of Georgia’s death, as Georgia’s life and love was worth everything to her family, friends and most of all us – Georgia was our most treasured gift of all."
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