A mum whose daughter died after taking toxic diet pills has criticised the decision to overturn her alleged dealer’s conviction.
Eloise Parry, 21, died after taking eight tablets containing the poisonous 2,4-dinitrophenol, known as DNP in April 2015. The pills were allegedly supplied by Bernard Rebelo, 31, who was found guilty of two counts of manslaughter and one of a food safety offence in relation to her death.He was initially jailed for seven years in June but his convictions were overturned at the Court of Appeal yesterday.Boy, 5, ‘horribly injured’ after being hurled from 3rd floor of mall.Eloise’s mum Fiona Parry, from Condover, Shropshire, said: ‘I thought when he was convicted, that was it.
‘I know it was a long time coming, it took us three-and-a-bit years to get there, but we thought justice had been done.‘Now we have got to go through it all again, and there’s going to be a long period of uncertainty. It’s very unsettling.Photographer lands ‘Britain’s most remote job’ on secluded Channel islandMrs Parry said her family, and especially her other daughter Rebecca, were not looking forward to a retrial.
‘Her sister was somebody she looked up to, somebody she idolised, Ella was four years older, and when she lost her it was very difficult.Got a story for Metro.co.uk?