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Manslaughter charge after heroin injection

A 24-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a woman in on June 5.

Police allege the victim agreed to be injected with heroin and the man did so at her request. They will also allege that the man failed to seek medical assistance appropriately and failed to properly administer a life-saving dose of Narcan (opioid reversal drug) at the time.

The man has been charged with three offences – manslaughter, administering a declared substance and trafficking in cannabis.

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