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BODYBUILDER LOUISE 'KILLED BY INSULIN'
Apr 17 2004
Secret tragedy of strongwoman
By Ian Dow
A FEMALE bodybuilder died almost two years after a suspected insulin overdose.
Louise Nuttall-Halliwell, 38, once known as Scotland's strongest woman, fell into a coma at her home in April 2002.
Yesterday, police confirmed the international competitor, who used to run a gym with her brother, had died four months ago.
Her treatment and condition had been surrounded by secrecy, but it is believed her family had removed her from hospital.
She died at a house in Nairn, a Northern Constabulary spokesman said.
The spokesman added it was understood she died from an infection as the result of brain injuries caused by a suspected insulin overdose.
No further details were being released at the request of her family, he said.
Grampian Police launched an investigation in 2002 when Louise collapsed at her home in Elgin, Moray.
She was a partner in the Future Bodies gym in the town with her brother Paul. It is believed insulin, which is used with steroids to maintain new muscle mass, may have been found at her home.
Insulin has become popular with bodybuilders because it cannot be detected in testing.
But high doses of the hormone can lead to coma when too much sugar is dumped from the blood-stream, starving the brain of oxygen.
It is understood both police forces have now ended their inquiries.
Grampian would not comment on the matter.
Premature deaths have become a feature of the body-building community.
Former World's Strongest Man Jon Pall Sigmarsson died in 1993 aged 32.
And in 2001, friends and body-building colleagues Chris Sneddon and Richie Dickson died in Fauldhouse, West Lothian.
Apr 17 2004
Secret tragedy of strongwoman
By Ian Dow
A FEMALE bodybuilder died almost two years after a suspected insulin overdose.
Louise Nuttall-Halliwell, 38, once known as Scotland's strongest woman, fell into a coma at her home in April 2002.
Yesterday, police confirmed the international competitor, who used to run a gym with her brother, had died four months ago.
Her treatment and condition had been surrounded by secrecy, but it is believed her family had removed her from hospital.
She died at a house in Nairn, a Northern Constabulary spokesman said.
The spokesman added it was understood she died from an infection as the result of brain injuries caused by a suspected insulin overdose.
No further details were being released at the request of her family, he said.
Grampian Police launched an investigation in 2002 when Louise collapsed at her home in Elgin, Moray.
She was a partner in the Future Bodies gym in the town with her brother Paul. It is believed insulin, which is used with steroids to maintain new muscle mass, may have been found at her home.
Insulin has become popular with bodybuilders because it cannot be detected in testing.
But high doses of the hormone can lead to coma when too much sugar is dumped from the blood-stream, starving the brain of oxygen.
It is understood both police forces have now ended their inquiries.
Grampian would not comment on the matter.
Premature deaths have become a feature of the body-building community.
Former World's Strongest Man Jon Pall Sigmarsson died in 1993 aged 32.
And in 2001, friends and body-building colleagues Chris Sneddon and Richie Dickson died in Fauldhouse, West Lothian.
