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National
Duncan Murray

'Unclear' how grandfather fatally ingested rare poison

Douglas Thrift was found unresponsive after he returned home from playing a round of golf. (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE)

How a grandfather consumed a fatal dose of the hard-to-come-by poison strychnine will remain a mystery after a coroner investigated his death.

Douglas Thrift, 71, was found unresponsive at his rural home in Denham, in the NSW Hunter region, on the afternoon of December 1, 2018 after he returned from playing a round of golf.

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