Karl Edgeller died in March last year after sharing the highly flammable ethanol at a friend's home in the village of Weeting, near Thetford.

The liquid, which was close to pure alcohol and intended to be used in hand sanitiser, had been purchased by his friend, Paul Johnson, with whom he was drinking.

An inquest into the 57-year-old's death heard that Mr Johnson had bought the alcohol, which they called "moonshine", from a work colleague who had smuggled it into the country from Estonia labelled as anti-freeze.

In a statement, Mr Johnson told the court the pair had drunk four or five shots of the liquid neat - despite having been instructed by the colleague to dilute it before drinking.

Mr Johnson said: “I told him it was very strong and he consumed around four or five shots.

”He challenged........

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