Doctor died after taking poison from Malaysia - that Border Force officers couldn't stop being sent to him
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Manchester doctor took his own life by ingesting a poison he ordered online from Malaysia - that Border Force officers were reportedly powerless to prevent being sent on to him.
Oldham-born Dr Jonathan Shaw, who lived in Didsbury and was 55, was found dead at an address in Oldham on December 2, 2023. A coroner ruled after an inquest that Dr Shaw took his own life 'against a background of a mixed anxiety and depressive disorder' through 'the intentional ingestion of a poisonous substance which he had procured through an online purchase from a supplier in Malaysia'.
The package was intercepted at Stansted after 'intelligence about the Malaysian company and information about concerns for Dr Shaw's welfare and the risk to life' was recieved, a new report reveals. READ MORE: It's been three years but something in Levenshulme is still dividing opinion Officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were said to have made contact with him and told him the parcel had been stopped.
But, the report reveals, the officers 'would most likely not have been aware that UK Border Force could only lawfully keep hold of the package for 30 days'.
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