Pupil poison attempt denied

A MAN yesterday denied trying to poison pupils at a top public school.

Maxwell Cook, a kitchen porter at Stowe School, was arrested in March after carrot and coriander soup due to be served to students was found to be laced with a poisonous cleaning product.

Police said the sanitising destainer was added to soup prepared for service at the £27,000-a-year (€33,000) school on March 11. At the time the school said the substance was noticed during routine tasting.