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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 Schep, of the National Poisons Centre, who said children exposed to methamphetamine may show signs of in...