The untold story behind a fatal drinking binge

Published: 7:57PM Tuesday August 31, 2010 Source: Close Up

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When 16 year old James Webster died he had five times the legal level of alcohol in his system for an adult.

The Kings College schoolboy had gone to a party for two 16 year old girls without his parents knowledge and poisoned himself by drinking a third of a bottle of vodka in minutes.

His death devastated his family and forced New Zealand to ask tough questions about youth binge drinking.

Close Up have been with the Webster family over the past few months as they struggled to find out what happened to their son.

If you were at the party and know anything about what happened the websters are desperate to hear from you. Send Close Up an email  and we will pass the information onto the family.

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