04-October-2008, 01:26 PM
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/4704605a11.html
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"It could well be that he thought he had consumed ethanol from laboratory sources but in fact had consumed methanol," the coroner wrote in his findings.
It was suspected "moonshine" was produced at the base and there was a possibility this could contain methanol.
Drinking it could also have come about "through a third person's actions, either in the form of a prank or with a more sinister motive. There is no evidence before the Coroner's Court to support this theory," the findings said.
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The coroner said base physician Dr Robert Thompson did not diagnose the methanol poisoning and "failed to carry out certain diagnostic checks".
"They would have been helpful in narrowing the diagnostic possibilities but would not have necessarily changed the ultimate outcome," he said.
Thompson also failed to investigate recent needle tracks in Marks' arm, "which could have led to vital information on his treatment of the patient".
However, the coroner's findings said it was unlikely Marks injected the methanol and no other drugs were present in his system.
He was known to smoke cannabis and to have used heroin, but friends said they had never seen him use it when he was on the Ice.
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