A paedophile tried to kill himself by eating a poisoned Snickers bar while being convicted in the dock.
A paedophile tried to kill himself by eating a poisoned Snickers bar while being convicted in the dock in Australia.
The sex offender, believed to be in his seventies, was remanded in custody before he collapsed in police cells and broke a finger.Warrnambool StandardIt is understood that the amount of rat poison in the chocolate bar was not enough to kill him. Multiple studies have found that those who commit child sex abuse are at a higher risk of suicide than other types of offenders.
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