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Fears have been voiced that more people could die from an imported poison, ordered from a suicide website, that has claimed three Wigan people’s lives.

The toxin, which is not being identified for fear of copycat tragedies, is known to have killed at least eight people in the area covered by Manchester West senior coroner Timothy Brennand, including Wigan borough.

This “cluster” of fatalities was revealed in eight “prevention of future death” reports issued by Mr Brennand who voices concerns that guidelines are not strict enough over monitoring the ordering online of small quantities of the poison, wrongly presuming them to be for safe purposes.