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07.05.2024 - 06:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Manchester doctor took his own life by ingesting a poison he ordered online from Malaysia - that Border Force officers were reportedly powerless to prevent being sent on to him. Oldham-born Dr Jonathan Shaw, who lived in Didsbury and was 55, was found dead at an address in Oldham on December 2, 2023.
A coroner ruled after an inquest that Dr Shaw took his own life 'against a background of a mixed anxiety and depressive disorder' through 'the intentional ingestion of a poisonous substance which he had procured through an online purchase from a supplier in Malaysia'.
The package was intercepted at Stansted after 'intelligence about the Malaysian company and information about concerns for Dr Shaw's welfare and the risk to life' was recieved, a new report reveals.
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Officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were said to have made contact with him and told him the parcel had been stopped. But, the report reveals, the officers 'would most likely not have been aware that UK Border Force could only lawfully keep hold of the package for 30 days'.
It's because the substance is 'not a prohibited poison under the Poisons Act 1972' and the report said there was no evidence to suggest the officers were told by Border Force of the legal timescales, said the coroner in the report. It was subsequently released to Dr Shaw, who 'concealed' it from his family before taking the poison.
The coroner said: "UK Border Force released the package nine days after its arrival in the UK and without examining its contents or consulting with GMP.
"The lack of consultation with GMP represented a significant missed opportunity as the evidence was that Dr Shaw
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