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Eloise Parry death: Bernard Rebelo convicted of manslaughter | Eloise Parry death: Bernard Rebelo convicted of manslaughter |
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A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a bulimic student who bought a toxic slimming aid online. | A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a bulimic student who bought a toxic slimming aid online. |
Eloise Parry, 21, from Shrewsbury, died after taking eight diet pills containing dinitrophenol (DNP). | Eloise Parry, 21, from Shrewsbury, died after taking eight diet pills containing dinitrophenol (DNP). |
Bernard Rebelo, 30, of Gosport, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter at Inner London Crown Court. | Bernard Rebelo, 30, of Gosport, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter at Inner London Crown Court. |
Before she died in April 2015, Miss Parry needed hospital treatment several times for side effects of the tablets. | |
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Rebelo, who denied manslaughter, admitted during the trial he sold the pills to her, but said there was a warning about the drug on his website. | |
Manslaughter charges were dropped against Albert Huynh, 33, from Northolt, north-west London, and Mary Roberts, 32, from Gosport, after the judge rule there was insufficient evidence the pair were involved. | |
Miss Parry, a student at Glyndwr University, Wrexham, had had mental health problems as a teenager and as well as the bulimia had a borderline personality disorder. | |
DNP is a highly toxic substance when ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. | DNP is a highly toxic substance when ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. |
It causes weight loss by burning fat and carbohydrates, and causes energy to be converted into heat. | It causes weight loss by burning fat and carbohydrates, and causes energy to be converted into heat. |
Miss Parry had become "focused" on losing weight before her death, her sister Rebecca, 19, told the trial. | Miss Parry had become "focused" on losing weight before her death, her sister Rebecca, 19, told the trial. |
She seemed "too enchanted by her weight loss to acknowledge how unhealthy she was getting". | She seemed "too enchanted by her weight loss to acknowledge how unhealthy she was getting". |
A few weeks before her death Miss Parry told her sister she was sweating uncontrollably and could not regulate her temperature, the jury heard. | A few weeks before her death Miss Parry told her sister she was sweating uncontrollably and could not regulate her temperature, the jury heard. |
Rebelo was operating from a flat in Harrow, north west London, and made the capsules to be sold online for considerable profits, his trial was told. | |
The chemicals were bought in drums from China, bypassing authorities such as the Food Standards Agency and Interpol which had tried to close the operation down. |