Heartbroken mum calls for tougher controls after her son killed himself with cyanide bought online
A MUM is calling for stricter controls after her son killed himself with cyanide bought online.
Kristiyan Danailov, 21, invented a fake business to obtain the poison.
The catering student was found dead at home in Bournemouth last July, an inquest heard.
He had been unable to find a job after being diagnosed with Asperger’s.
Kristiyan moved to the UK from Bulgaria in 2012 with his parents Elana, 48, and Petar, 52, and his younger brother.
Mrs Danailova, a nurse, said: “It was too easy for him to buy something so dangerous online.
“All he had to do was tick a box to say he was a trader and the cyanide was posted to him.
“The government needs to introduce more checks.
“Children are on their computers for so many hours each day and anyone could do the same as my son.
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“We can’t bring him back but maybe we can prevent more deaths in the future.”
Dorset assistant coroner Richard Middleton ruled the death a suicide.
He expressed concerns about how easy it had been for him to buy the poison and said the current rules “create the risk of other deaths”.
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