‘Lethal diet pills no more dangerous than paracetamol’

The deadly diet pills which killed a bulimic student were no more dangerous than paracetamol, a court heard. Eloise Parry, 21, bought the lethal drug DNP from Bernard Rebelo, 32, before collapsing on 12 April 2015. DNP was first used to manufacture explosives in World War One and is not designed for human consumption, jurors were told. John Malcolm Burton, defending, said the popularity of Rebelo’s business suggested the drug was less harmful than experts have claimed. ‘You heard the…