Posted on 04/05/2002 6:55:12 AM PST by aculeus
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman cried "Mam please put me out, I didn't mean to do it" after she poured petrol over her head and set herself alight in her back garden, an inquest was told yesterday.
Christina Guerrine, of Coonmore Park, Jobstown, Tallaght, died from shock caused by severe burns following the incident last July 26.
Evidence given by the deceased's mother, Monica Guerrine, in Dublin City Coroner's Court, revealed that the victim was a heroin user, was prone to impulsive behaviour, and had tried to harm herself a few years previously by taking a drug overdose. Mrs Guerrine told the court that before her daughter set herself alight, she had "gone mad at me in the sitting-room" and then went out into the back garden at around 8pm.
The distraught mother told the court that she first noticed her daughter in the garden when "I saw a flash of light through the window, but I couldn't see Tina in the fire.
"It was like seeing a ball of flames going around and around in the garden."
Christina was later rushed to Tallaght Hospital but died the following day.
A post-mortem showed that she had suffered 95 degree burns, and a blood analysis indicated high levels of morphine in her system.
Coroner Brian Farrell returned an open verdict and said that "although it was a self-inflicted death, he was not at all satisfied that she meant to take her own life as her actions may have been a cry of some sort".
No kidding? Now, why would ANYONE think that?
Well, at least it didn't hurt too much..
What the h*ll are those?
Another senseless drug related death.
I wonder how making drugs legal would have prevented this.
Another victim of the war to legalize drugs...
Man, those sound MUCH worse than the 3rd degree ones !
Just one more entry for the Darwin Awards....
knews hound
Drugs do destroy lives!!!
And how does drug prohibition help prevent this? If someone is bent on self immolation it's gonna happen. The herd has a way of thinning itself out.
Blaming pro-legalizers for this stuff is infantile.
At least she didn't crawl under the house and burn it down too.
If you were king would you ban gasoline and matches as well? What about firearms, cars, tobacco, alcohol. What about religion? Those acting in the name of religion are responsible for quite a bit of carnage both historically and currently.
Regards
J.R.
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