February 15, 2007

INQUEST INTO 2002 CRUISE SHIP DEATH


Brimble may have had 'overdose of drug'


(Source)--14th February 2007--The inquest into the cruise ship death of Dianne Brimble has heard she probably consumed more than one dose of the date rape drug fantasy.


Pharmacologist Professor Graham Starmer told Sydney's Glebe Coroner's Court Mrs. Brimble's out of character sexually promiscuous behaviour before her death suggested she was affected by more than just alcohol and one dose of fantasy. Although Prof Starmer said he could not determine the amount of fantasy Mrs. Brimble consumed, he said it was possible she had overdosed. (Sound familiar to Natalee Holloway's case?) He said because of the fast acting nature of the drug a user would need several doses to maintain its disinhibiting effects.


He said the 126 milligrams of fantasy found in Mrs Brimble's blood in her autopsy would have only been residue and a fraction of the dose she consumed. The Brisbane mother-of-three died on board the P&O cruise ship Pacific Sky in September 2002 from a toxic combination of alcohol and fantasy.



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