A BRIT lawyer has died after apparently being poisoned by a drink laced with methanol while holidaying in Laos.
Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, is the fifth tourist to have horrifically died after falling ill last week.
Simone White (pictured), from Orpington, Kent, was hospitalised after she had shots feared to be laced with methanol
At least seven others including other Brit holidaymakers were hospitalised.
It comes after Bianca Jones, 19, was rushed to hospital on November 13 in neighbouring Thailand after falling ill in Vang Vieng – a town popular with foreign backpackers.
The teen, from Melbourne, Australia, died on Thursday.
A Thai police official told Reuters: “The physician who examined her said the cause of death was a methanol poisoning, from fake liquor.
“The amount of methanol in her body was high, leading to swelling of the brain.”
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