Criminal waste.
Is it just me or is everyone tired of the argument that some recreational drugs are safer than alcohol?
You might not have heard of him, but former West Coast Eagle Chris Mainwaring is a legend in my home town. He played in more than 200 games for the Eagles, won two premierships, is one of the teams most decorated players and is a much loved sports presenter on channel 7.
He is 41 years old, a husband, a father, a son, a friend. And very very dead.
On Sunday night, the neighbours in Chris Mainwaring's ritzy Perth street heard a man yelling and screaming for help, Chris was reportedly seen wandering around his back yard, then out in the street.
Police and paramedics were called, when they arrived they found Chris still in the street but calm and in control. He admitted to taking ecstacy and smoking marijuana but said he was feeling fine. An hour later, a neighbour called Triple 0 again to say that Chris was convulsing. When the ambulance arrived it was too late.
Apparently Chris and his wife Rani – childhood sweethearts, both from Geraldton - had been having marriage problems…reportedly stemming from Chris’s depression and drug use.
There are reports too that Ben Cousins was at Chris’s house on Sunday.
The Age newspaper is reporting that Rani Mainwaring took the children to the family farm in Toodyay from where she rang Ben Cousins to say that she was worried about Chris.
On Sunday morning Ben Cousins went around to Mainwaring's house and left when he was satisfied that his friend was OK.
Chris then went to a training session with cricketer Justin Langer preparing for a celebrity kick boxing match this Thursday night.
According to The Age, on Sunday night, Chris called Ben Cousins, complaining that he was hungry and Ben Cousins went over to see him, taking food.
At ten o’clock, reportedly, Ben Cousins left Mainwaring’s house. An hour and a half later Chris was heard screaming and yelling for help.
I don’t like drugs. Drugs don’t care if you’re fit or young, or a parent or a legendary footballer who has a reputation to protect - they will suck you in and steal your life…
Apparently Chris Mainwaring’s death could simply be because he exercised too hard, sweated too much earlier in the day. That might have been enough to cause his sodium levels to be low, which in turn, might have caused the seizure.
What a terrible, tragic waste.
You might not have heard of him, but former West Coast Eagle Chris Mainwaring is a legend in my home town. He played in more than 200 games for the Eagles, won two premierships, is one of the teams most decorated players and is a much loved sports presenter on channel 7.
He is 41 years old, a husband, a father, a son, a friend. And very very dead.
On Sunday night, the neighbours in Chris Mainwaring's ritzy Perth street heard a man yelling and screaming for help, Chris was reportedly seen wandering around his back yard, then out in the street.
Police and paramedics were called, when they arrived they found Chris still in the street but calm and in control. He admitted to taking ecstacy and smoking marijuana but said he was feeling fine. An hour later, a neighbour called Triple 0 again to say that Chris was convulsing. When the ambulance arrived it was too late.
Apparently Chris and his wife Rani – childhood sweethearts, both from Geraldton - had been having marriage problems…reportedly stemming from Chris’s depression and drug use.
There are reports too that Ben Cousins was at Chris’s house on Sunday.
The Age newspaper is reporting that Rani Mainwaring took the children to the family farm in Toodyay from where she rang Ben Cousins to say that she was worried about Chris.
On Sunday morning Ben Cousins went around to Mainwaring's house and left when he was satisfied that his friend was OK.
Chris then went to a training session with cricketer Justin Langer preparing for a celebrity kick boxing match this Thursday night.
According to The Age, on Sunday night, Chris called Ben Cousins, complaining that he was hungry and Ben Cousins went over to see him, taking food.
At ten o’clock, reportedly, Ben Cousins left Mainwaring’s house. An hour and a half later Chris was heard screaming and yelling for help.
I don’t like drugs. Drugs don’t care if you’re fit or young, or a parent or a legendary footballer who has a reputation to protect - they will suck you in and steal your life…
Apparently Chris Mainwaring’s death could simply be because he exercised too hard, sweated too much earlier in the day. That might have been enough to cause his sodium levels to be low, which in turn, might have caused the seizure.
What a terrible, tragic waste.
1 Comments:
What a terrible waste..did he consider the impact his actions would have on his little boys? They have lost a father...something which can never be replaced. Part of me feels very angry with his choices...he is not a teenager but an adult with adult responsibilites which include making the right choices for his kids. I would love to say how sorry I am blah blah blah but I am over that sympathetic line. Drugs have taken a toll on the deaths of the young teenage kids on the coast..and nobody is talking about why some of these kids have really died, we have spoken in the media about speed in cars, adrenaline in young men on high rise buildings...but the reality drugs have had a huge impact...drugs like ecstasy have a lot to answer for!!!!!
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