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| Cling film mummification 'sex death' accused guilty | Cling film mummification 'sex death' accused guilty |
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| A man has been found guilty of causing the death of a man covered in cling film during a sex game. | A man has been found guilty of causing the death of a man covered in cling film during a sex game. |
| Alun Williams, 47, died from a heart attack after being wrapped up during the bondage session at a flat in Dover. | Alun Williams, 47, died from a heart attack after being wrapped up during the bondage session at a flat in Dover. |
| Richard Bowler, 35, of Sturry Road, Canterbury, was convicted of manslaughter through gross negligence at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday. | Richard Bowler, 35, of Sturry Road, Canterbury, was convicted of manslaughter through gross negligence at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday. |
| His co-defendant David Connor, 23, also of Sturry Road, was cleared of the same charge, which the pair had both denied. | His co-defendant David Connor, 23, also of Sturry Road, was cleared of the same charge, which the pair had both denied. |
| A post-mortem report said the wrapping had caused Mr Williams to dehydrate, leading to his heart attack. | |
| The court heard Mr Williams, who was a head chef for P&O Ferries, was unable to regulate his body temperature after being "mummified". | |
| He had an interest in bondage and "mummification" and would meet men online for sex, jurors were told. | |
| Mr Williams visited the pair at the flat in East Street where Bowler, who has cerebral palsy, and Mr Connor, his informal carer, were then living. | |
| Just after 06:00 BST on 20 August, Mr Connor walked to the taxi rank where his mother worked and said: "Mum, Richard's killed someone." | |
| 'Wrapped in PVC' | |
| During a phone call to the emergency services the same morning, Bowler said: "It's a bit embarrassing. It's my friend, he's called Alun. I have known him for five years. I'm gay, he's gay. | |
| "We had a bit of a kinky sex game and he's stopped breathing. | |
| "I thought he was just sleeping. I am sorry, I should have called before. He takes ketamine and that mongs him out. | |
| "He's on my bed, he's wrapped in a PVC sheet with tape and that." | |
| After being put through to the ambulance service, he cut open the wrapping to perform CPR. | |
| Bowler denied the charge of manslaughter through gross negligence, saying he took all reasonable care of Mr Williams and could not have foreseen that covering him in cling film and PVC would have led to his death. | |
| Mr Connor said he was only acting on the instructions of Mr Williams and Bowler. | |
| Police found drugs including ketamine, cocaine, methamphetamine and amyl nitrate, otherwise known as poppers, in Mr Williams' rucksack. |