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Harald Georg Z Biography
Who was Harald Georg Z?
The man, locally named Harald Georg Z, had met eight friends at La Vita restaurant in Weiden, Germany, when the group ordered a £430 bottle of champagne.
One of those present had appeared as a contestant on the TV dating show Take Me Out and the group had decided to celebrate.
However, shortly after the bottle was ‘opened at the table’, all of the guests, who are between the ages of 33 and 52, experienced extreme symptoms of poisoning having ‘seizures and foaming at the mouth’.
Investigation
Georg Z passed away shortly after being admitted to hospital on Sunday night and the result of the toxicological-chemical investigation is currently pending.
The police have confirmed that once they arrived at the bar they found people lying on the floor with cramps and eight of them had to be hospitalized.
Project manager Georg Z. took “a big sip of champagne” and “collapsed as he foamed at the mouth,” according to witness statements seen by the German news website Bild.
“There were things in it that aren’t normally in Champagne.” senior prosecutor Gerd Schaefer said. It had a toxic, poisonous effect.
Police reports suggested that the three-litre bottle of champagne contained 1,000 times the “normal” dose of ecstasy and was believed to be drugged with a lethal amount of MDMA.
Schaefer said toxicological tests showed the poisonous substance “in a considerable concentration” in the champagne to be ecstasy, but said it was not yet clear how the drug got into the bottle.
One of the hospitalized victims was allowed to go home on Monday and police were able to question some of the others who were still in the hospital.
A restaurant manager reportedly told a local newspaper: ‘The bottle was opened and uncorked in front of the guests at the table. This was also filmed.’
Schaefer said there was a suspicion of negligent homicide, but it did not appear that the poisoning was a targeted attack. He did not elaborate, citing the ongoing investigation.
MDMA is a stimulant with minor hallucinogenic effects also called ecstasy. People often use MDMA and alcohol together to extend the good feelings of the drug, but the two combined can be deadly, causing serious side effects or stronger adverse reactions.
