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Prisoner, 21, died after he swallowed a balloon filled with the deadly drug ice and it burst in his bowel - after his girlfriend smuggled it into jail for him
A 21-year-old prisoner died after a balloon filled with the deadly drug ice he had swallowed burst in his bowel, an inquest has heard.
Cain Hutchinson, who was on remand at Port Philip Prison in Victoria, was found shaking and vomiting just hours before he was found unconscious after the drugs leaked into his gut.
The Coroners Court of Victoria launched an inquest into his death to determine how he died after his girlfriend managed to smuggle the drugs into the prison.
The young father had called his girlfriend to arrange for her to bring drugs into the prison for him the next day.
His girlfriend visited the prison with their baby daughter and the balloon filled with methylamphetamine on June 6, 2015.
She purchased a bag of pretzels and a drink from the vending machine to share with Hutchinson before she took their baby to the bathroom to change her nappy.
She then placed the balloon in her hand while she was in the bathroom before she returned to her seat in the visiting area.
When she took some pretzels from the bag, she dropped the balloon. Hutchinson then reached into the bag and placed the balloon into his mouth before he swallowed it down with orange juice.
His girlfriend was stunned to see the mouth of juice he drank as she believed he was going to keep the balloon at the back of his throat so it would be easy to take it out once he returned to his cell.
After his family left, he grabbed dinner and returned to cell to eat his food.
On the morning of June 7, 2015, his cellmate found Hutchinson shivering on his bed.
His cellmate decided to get him breakfast to make him feel better.
When he returned with porridge, Hutchinson had locked himself in the cell and said he was on the toilet.
Concerned for his welfare, other inmates gathered around his cell as they urged Hutchinson to open up the door.
Hutchinson was initially suspected of having food poisoning because he had not mentioned anything about drugs to his fellow inmates.
Far from getting better, Hutchinson was rushed to the prison's health unit to wait for an ambulance while other inmates were placed in lockdown.
The coroner's report found Hutchinson went into a cardiac arrest as he was being carried into the ambulance - but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
Following day, the autopsy found an orange balloon containing a small clear plastic bag had spilled into the gut.
Methylamphetamine was detected in his urine and amphetamines were found in his blood and also urine.
A pathologist found the 'knot came partly undone causing the drugs that were contained in a small ziplock bag to leak out into the gut'.
The coroner's report found that large doses of amphetamines could lead to agitation, hyperthermia, hallucination, convulsions, unconsciousness, respiratory or cardiac failure.
Two days after his death, his girlfriend called the Wyndham Criminal Investigation Unit where she tearfully confessed she had supplied the balloon filled with drugs.
During an interview with the coroner's investigator and a police officer the next day, she explained how she smuggled the drugs into the prison.
In her taped interview with police, his girlfriend said Hutchinson had told her that he would be 'knocked' or would have to 'knock' others if she did not bring drugs into the prison.
She pleaded guilty to charges of possessing methylamphetamine and introducing contraband to a prison. She was fined without conviction.
After an internal management review, visitors who use the bathroom or change their baby's nappy will proceed as a non-contact visit.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-balloon-ice-burst-bowels.html#ixzz4UHrsMAvB
A 21-year-old prisoner died after a balloon filled with the deadly drug ice he had swallowed burst in his bowel, an inquest has heard.
Cain Hutchinson, who was on remand at Port Philip Prison in Victoria, was found shaking and vomiting just hours before he was found unconscious after the drugs leaked into his gut.
The Coroners Court of Victoria launched an inquest into his death to determine how he died after his girlfriend managed to smuggle the drugs into the prison.
The young father had called his girlfriend to arrange for her to bring drugs into the prison for him the next day.
His girlfriend visited the prison with their baby daughter and the balloon filled with methylamphetamine on June 6, 2015.
She purchased a bag of pretzels and a drink from the vending machine to share with Hutchinson before she took their baby to the bathroom to change her nappy.
She then placed the balloon in her hand while she was in the bathroom before she returned to her seat in the visiting area.
When she took some pretzels from the bag, she dropped the balloon. Hutchinson then reached into the bag and placed the balloon into his mouth before he swallowed it down with orange juice.
His girlfriend was stunned to see the mouth of juice he drank as she believed he was going to keep the balloon at the back of his throat so it would be easy to take it out once he returned to his cell.
After his family left, he grabbed dinner and returned to cell to eat his food.
On the morning of June 7, 2015, his cellmate found Hutchinson shivering on his bed.
His cellmate decided to get him breakfast to make him feel better.
When he returned with porridge, Hutchinson had locked himself in the cell and said he was on the toilet.
Concerned for his welfare, other inmates gathered around his cell as they urged Hutchinson to open up the door.
Hutchinson was initially suspected of having food poisoning because he had not mentioned anything about drugs to his fellow inmates.
Far from getting better, Hutchinson was rushed to the prison's health unit to wait for an ambulance while other inmates were placed in lockdown.
The coroner's report found Hutchinson went into a cardiac arrest as he was being carried into the ambulance - but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
Following day, the autopsy found an orange balloon containing a small clear plastic bag had spilled into the gut.
Methylamphetamine was detected in his urine and amphetamines were found in his blood and also urine.
A pathologist found the 'knot came partly undone causing the drugs that were contained in a small ziplock bag to leak out into the gut'.
The coroner's report found that large doses of amphetamines could lead to agitation, hyperthermia, hallucination, convulsions, unconsciousness, respiratory or cardiac failure.
Two days after his death, his girlfriend called the Wyndham Criminal Investigation Unit where she tearfully confessed she had supplied the balloon filled with drugs.
During an interview with the coroner's investigator and a police officer the next day, she explained how she smuggled the drugs into the prison.
In her taped interview with police, his girlfriend said Hutchinson had told her that he would be 'knocked' or would have to 'knock' others if she did not bring drugs into the prison.
She pleaded guilty to charges of possessing methylamphetamine and introducing contraband to a prison. She was fined without conviction.
After an internal management review, visitors who use the bathroom or change their baby's nappy will proceed as a non-contact visit.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-balloon-ice-burst-bowels.html#ixzz4UHrsMAvB
