In March, Judge Tom Gilbert sentenced McGirr to 20 months' imprisonment for that offence. The spa pool at Joseph McGirr's house where Lauren Biddle appeared to have overdosed on MDMA and later died. McGirr will spend a month at the residential rehab programme before another 5-6 months in sober living support accommodation. Photo: Supplied via NZHBiddle was dead before she left his house, McGirr believes. A post-mortem found her cause of death was most likely a drug overdose that caused a sudden cardiac arrest.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 07, 2021 00:22 UTC