‘I wanted to get the product to them,’ says toxic pills boss

A businessman accused of killing a student by selling her toxic slimming pills claimed he was just satisfying a demand. Eloise Aimee Parry, 21, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, suffered from bulimia and died after taking just eight capsules containing the fat-burning chemical dinitrophenol (DNP). The Wrexham Glyndwr University student died within hours of being admitted to hospital on 12 April 2015. Bernard Rebelo, 31, alone denies manslaughter and placing unfit food on the market. Giving evidence today (thurs) he said: ‘I…