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German jailed for selling "suicide pills" online

24 Jan 2007 16:38:10 GMT
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BERLIN, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A 23-year-old man who sold a lethal cocktail of drugs as "suicide pills" on the Internet was sentenced by a court in Germany on Wednesday to three years and nine months in prison.

The man pleaded guilty to 16 counts of the illegal sale of pharmaceuticals, a spokesman for the court in Wuppertal said.

At least two people died as a result of taking the drugs, while seven fell into a coma. Three people emerged from their comas with severe health problems, including muscle damage.

The man, an Albanian citizen, had sold pills which contained anti-epileptic and anti-psychotic medicines in exchange for cash and in some cases items such as laptop computers, German media reported.

Suicide and assisting suicide are not illegal in Germany.

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Last updated:Wed Jan 24 16:40:06 2007