Paint stripper gassed by lethal fumes

A paint stripper died after he inhaled toxic fumes while removing emulsion from bricks in the basement of a £5m mansion, a court heard. Alexandru Dorin, 27, was working with a solvent called dichloromethane (DCM) on brickwork during refurbishment work at the property in Berkeley Gardens, Notting Hill, in July 2017. Mr Dorin had been told to use a mask – but did not and said he felt ‘sick and a bit stoned’ after inhaling the gas. The Romananian was…