Alcohol level 'may change in death', barmen's trial hears

The amount of alcohol in the system of a hotel guest who died of alcohol poisoning after downing a cocktail of spirits could have changed after death, a court heard.

The amount of alcohol in the system of a hotel guest who died of alcohol poisoning after downing a cocktail of spirits could have changed after death, a court heard.

Poisons expert Dr Joseph Tracey told a manslaughter trial that alcohol levels can rise as the body decomposes.

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