Slimming pill ‘killer’ off to the Supreme Court as council challenge retrial

The family of a student who died after taking lethal slimming pills are facing a Supreme Court battle after the businessman accused of selling the pills had his conviction overturned. Bernard Rebelo, 31, is currently facing a retrial after the Court of Appeal threw out his manslaughter conviction. But Harrow Council, who brought the original prosecution, are seeking to challenge that decision at the UK’s highest court following the death of Eloise Parry, 21, from Shrewsbury. Rebelo appeared at Southwark…