"A mother-of-eight died suddenly because she drank 18 pints of Coca-Cola a day for years, an inquest has heard.
Natasha Marie Harris would go 'crazy' if she ran out of the fizzy drink which she guzzled by the bottle.The 30 year-old died suddenly at her home in Invercargill on New Zealand's south island.
Her partner, Christopher Hodgkinson claimed it was a result of drinking too much Coca-Cola. Yesterday he told the inquest that Miss Harris had been unwell leading up to her death and had no energy, but the idea Coca-Cola caused the problem had never crossed their minds. Mr Hodgkinson told the court that she had been unwell up to a year before her death, including vomiting six times a week, but they believed it was caused by the stress of looking after her eight children and gynecological problems.
'She drank at least 10 litres a day,' he said. 'As a family we would buy four 2.5 litres a day, the maximum on special. 'The Coke would be for Natasha to consume over the course of the day...."
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