British music producer’s alcoholism may have triggered medical event before Byron Bay diving death

Experts tell inquest into Karl Bareham's 2019 death excessive drinking may have triggered cardiac arrest, seizure or pulmonary edema while underwater

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A British music producer's alcoholism likely made him more susceptible to a medical event that caused him to die while scuba diving off Byron Bay in New South Wales, a court has heard.

Karl Bareham was found lying on the ocean floor 2.5km off the coast, without his breathing equipment in his mouth, during a dive tour of Nguthungulli/Julian Rocks on 24 September 2019.

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