Breakthrough after suspected source of poisoning that killed Brit in Laos revealed
Police have arrested the owner of a factory in Laos thought to be the source of the methanol poisoning that killed six tourists – including a British woman. The plant, outside the capital Vientiane is believed to have made the Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whiskey that they drank in the popular backpacker town of Vang Vieng.
Laos poisonings: 'Source uncovered' as vodka factory shut down
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‘I knew she was going to die,’ says mother of lawyer killed in Laos poisoning after call from daughter’s friend
The following day, she received a phone call from her daughter’s friend, who told her to travel out to Laos as Simone’s condition had worsened. Simone was given two blood transfusions as well as having brain surgery as doctors attempted to save her life.
Mother issues warning after daughter died in suspected poisoning
"If it can happen to her, it can happen to anybody", the mother of British lawyer Simone White, who died in a suspected poisoning in Laos, has warned. The 28-year-old, from Orpington, south-east London,
‘I knew my daughter was going to die’, says mother of lawyer killed by methanol poisoning in Laos
The mother of a British lawyer who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has described her race from the UK to be by her daughter’s side as she underwent brain surgery.
Poisoned British lawyer’s mother made 16-hour journey to be at her bedside
The mother of a British lawyer who died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol in Laos has revealed the “horrendous” 16-hour journey she made to be at her bedside. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng.
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