Man died after taking car-cleaner drug, inquest hears

Lithuanian-born Audrius Dubinka, who lived at Ash-Lea Drive, Telford, visited friends in Wolverhampton for a night out on March 4, which carried on into the early hours of the following morning.

An inquest revealed that during the night, the 30 year old had taken Methamphetamine, M-Kat and a chemical used for cleaning car alloys called Gamma-butyrolactone, commonly known as GBL.

After returning to a friends house on Springfield Road, Wolverhampton, Mr Dubinka's friends went to sleep, only to wake up later in the morning to find he had blood coming out of his mouth.

A post mortem declared that he died due to mixed drug toxicity, which may have caused cardiac problems during the night.

Speaking at the inquest held at Black Country Coroners Court in Oldbury, senior coroners officer Joanne Stokes said: "The group returned to Springfield Road at 2:30am and it is believed that prior to this, Audrius Dubinka had been taking methamphetamine, M-Kat and a chemical for cleaning car alloys.

"The group went to bed but he was found on the bed in the morning with blood coming out of his mouth.

"At 11:29am he was pronounced dead by paramedics."

An inquest in 2009 found medical student Hester Stewart died after consuming GBL, prompting her family to star a campaign to ban the substance in the UK.

The inquest heard that Mr Dubinka's family had been informed of his death and had arranged for his body to be flown out to Lithuania.

Coroner Zafar Siddique said: "I would like to offer my condolences to the family of Mr Dubinka for their sad loss.

"He had a low level of alcohol in his system that night but had taken a number of drugs."

"Due to the complexity of the combination of drugs he had taken it is hard to say exactly what lead to his death, so I am passing the verdict that the death was caused due to mixed drug toxicity."