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A former Gloriavale member has told an inquest that sometimes "it can feel easier to die" than to try and leave the West Coast Christian community.

Sincere Standtrue was often isolated, shamed, bullied and beaten at the West Coast Christian community, his sister says.

Their family was also not allowed to say Sincere Standtrue was in heaven at his funeral two weeks later, his sister says.

Sixty-one young people were involved in harmful sexualised conduct around the time of Sincere Standtrue's death, a senior police detective says.

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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.

The inquest will examine the circumstances of his death and if the death was self-inflicted.

Sincere Standtrue died in Christchurch Hospital in November 2018, the eldest in his family of 11 siblings.

The inquest will examine the circumstances of his death and if the death was self-inflicted.

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