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Eloise Parry death: Bernard Rebello convicted of manslaughter

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A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a student who bought a toxic slimming aid online.

Eloise Parry, 21, from Shrewsbury, died in April 2015 after taking eight diet pills containing dinitrophenol (DNP).

Bernard Rebello, 30, of Gosport, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter at Inner London Crown Court.

Ms Parry was struggling with an eating disorder before she died and needed hospital treatment several times for the side effects of the tablets.

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