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A toxicologist has told a court he cannot rule out the possibility that Sincere Standtrue may have been huffing paint and other chemical fumes before his death.

Sincere Standtrue - who had worked in the community's paint shop since he was 15 - was found unresponsive and died in Christchurch Hospital in November 2018.

It might be a surprise to learn that Alexander the Great was only 32 when he died in Babylon in June 323 BC. In a short period of 12 years as ruler he managed to create an empire stretching from modern Albania to Pakistan. As much as we know of his achievements as a fearsome general, we still have no conclusive cause of his untimely and unexpected death.

A second urine test came back positive. Police subsequently charged the woman with a representative charge of “intentionally engaging in conduct likely to cause suffering or injury, or adverse side effects to health of the child, such conduct being a major departure from the standard of care to be expected from a reasonable person”. Peter Drury/stuff The woman was concerned about her use of methamphetamine and the impact it may have on her baby. The court heard from toxicologist Leo Sche...