New Zealand's Harold Nelson had been advised not to drink 24 hours before the race, and to eat a dessertspoon of honey in order to soak up all the liquid in his stomach.

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Mr Betchley was being fed by a tube into his stomach and could not take food or liquid orally, the hearing was told.

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Aaron's windpipe disintegrated and he suffered several other injuries, including burns to his stomach, pancreas and spleen, after he drank the liquid on 6 November 2010.

BBC: Lauren Booth