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Tragedy of the gifted rugby player, 18, who died after buying deadly 'fat-burning' pills online

A gifted student who died weeks before receiving his A-level results was killed by lethal weight loss pills, it has emerged.

Medics originally believed 18-year-old Chris Mapletoft, a promising rugby player, had died after contracting meningitis.

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