{"id":19635,"date":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/uk-tourist-dies-in-thailand-after-36-hour-drinking-binge\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","slug":"uk-tourist-dies-in-thailand-after-36-hour-drinking-binge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/uk-tourist-dies-in-thailand-after-36-hour-drinking-binge\/","title":{"rendered":"UK tourist dies in Thailand after 36-hour drinking binge"},"content":{"rendered":"

So-called \u201cThai buckets\u201d containing vodka and Red Bull were partly to blame when a UK tourist drank himself to death in Thailand last year, an inquest has heard.<\/h3>\n

Peter Nicholson, 29, from Manchester drank at least 20 bottles of beer, Sambuca shots and Jack Daniels as well as four buckets of vodka and Red Bull during a 36-hour bender, reports the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

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Peter Nicholson sharing a bucket of vodka and Red Bull on a previous trip to Thailand<\/h6>\n

An inquest into his death has heard that the energy drinks he consumed masked the effects of his alcohol intake. Toxicologist Julie Evans told the hearing this meant Mr Nicholson did not realise how drunk he was.<\/h3>\n

\u201cThere are some concerns around the process of people consuming vodka and Red Bull,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a stimulant. It can counter the effects of alcohol and people consume more alcohol not realising how intoxicated they are. It is called \u2018wide-eyed drunk\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you mix Red Bull with vodka you are risking masking the effect of alcohol on the body. In the absence of any other pathological finding, the most likely cause of death is alcohol toxicity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he was not a heavy drinker then the risk is higher at a lower concentration. He would have just gone to sleep and not woken up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peter Nicholson pictured during a previous Thailand trip<\/h6>\n

Friends were unable to wake Mr Nicholson when they found him in his hotel room the next morning, with tests later showing he was more than four times over the legal drink-driving limit.<\/h3>\n

\u201cI didn’t want to believe what was happening,\u201d friend Daniel Wilson told the inquest. \u201cIt was really cold in the room as the air con was on really low. I tickled Peter’s feet to try and get his attention but his feet were really cold. He just looked asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Wilson and Mr Nicholson were on the same flights from Manchester Airport to Bangkok.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some pizza and a pint before we got on the plane,\u201d he said. \u201cOn the first flight to Qatar we had four small cans of lager. We also had four mini bottles of Jack Daniels with coke.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeter slept most of the second journey. He was drinking a lot of water when he was waking up. We had five or six bottles of lager in the afternoon when we arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coroner Alison Mutch found Mr Nicholson\u2019s was an accidental death, telling his family: \u201cA significant amount of alcohol was consumed during the course of the day. He clearly consumed in excess of 20 bottles of lager and probably significantly more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition it is likely he had at least one shot of Sambuca and also vodka mixed with Red Bull. The alcohol readings are very high and carry a high risk of death,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis must have been a dreadful event in your lives and very hard for us to imagine how awful it must be to wave somebody off and to see them in good health knowing they have gone on holiday to Thailand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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