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A Chinese tourist has been found guilty of manslaughter over a botched breast job in which a Sydney beauty clinic manager died of an anesthetic overdose.
After a three-week trial in Sydney’s Downing Center District Court, a jury on Thursday found Jie Shao guilty of causing Jean Huang’s death almost seven years ago.
Shao pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of using a poison to endanger life in relation to the administration of an anesthetic, Lidocaine, to Ms Huang.
But she fought the more serious charge of manslaughter at the trial, where her defense argued she was not responsible for Ms Huang’s death.
Ms Huang, 35, died after a procedure to pump filler into her breasts at Medi Beauty Clinic in August 2017.
The cosmetic procedure was carried out at the Chippendale Clinic, where Ms Huang was co-owner and manager.
A jury on Thursday found Jie Shao (pictured) guilty of causing Jean Huang’s death nearly seven years ago.
The court heard that during the procedure Ms Huang began convulsing and foaming at the mouth – which the Crown Prosecution Service described as symptoms of lidocaine toxicity – before going into cardiac arrest.
She was rushed to hospital but was declared brain dead and her life support was turned off two days later.
The court heard that during the procedure Shao was given the pain reliever Tramadol, the local anesthetic Lidocaine and a breast filler.
Crown prosecutor Sara Gul told the jury that Shao administered a fatal overdose of Lidocaine, well above the maximum prescribed dose, to Ms Huang.
Ms Gul, during her closing arguments to the jury, told the court that even according to Shao’s version of events, she administered a dose of Lidocaine that was up to several times more than what was accepted as the safe limit.
The court heard that after Shao injected Lidocaine, Ms Huang began slurring her words and appeared sleepy.
“And the accused kept injecting this lidocaine into her,” Ms Gul said.
The court heard Tramadol, which was from Portugal, and the filler, from Korea, were not approved for use in Australia.
The facility did not have the necessary resuscitation and safety equipment, the court also heard.
Jean Huang (pictured) died following a breast augmentation procedure at her Chippendale clinic
The court heard Shao arrived in Australia via Melbourne a few days before the procedure, where the Crown claimed she was posing as a doctor.
The court heard that although Shao had a degree from Guangdong Medical University in China, she was not registered as a medical practitioner in Australia or China.
She later told the police that she had undergone cosmetic procedures in her home country.
Shao’s defense barrister Winston Terracini SC told the court she was asked to carry out the procedure and had no role in running the clinic.
The court heard that Shao said in her police interview that she only had to perform the procedure on one side of Ms Huang to demonstrate the procedure to a doctor who would perform the other half.
The defense claimed Shao stepped in to perform the procedure after Ms Huang expressed embarrassment at the prospect of a male doctor working at the clinic seeing her breasts.
The defense argued that the circumstances under which she undertook her duty of care were decisive for the assessment of whether she breached this duty and whether she acted reasonably.
Shao will return to court at a later date for sentencing.