High school lab technician found guilty of poisoning girl

On Friday, Jared Shreeve, 41, of London, was convicted of administering a poison with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy .

Shreeve doused a 17-year-old student's dust mask in chloroform, which knocked her unconscious, according to Fox News. The incident occurred on July 2, 2008, when Shreeve worked as a lab technician at an east London high school. Shreeve was helping the student gain experience working with chemicals. Fox News reports that on lunchtime that day, Shreeve took the 17-year-old to the chemical store where he gave her a dust mask and instructed her to put it over her mouth. Shreeve had doused it with chloroform from a brown bottle he had marked "Chemical Odour Neutraliser." The girl had removed the mask when she began to feel unwell, but Shreeve had insisted that she keep it on. The fumes finally caused the girl to pass out. As a result, she suffered a chemical burn to her face. Shreeve was arrested at his home in August after an investigation. After being taken into custody, Shreeve denied any knowledge of the harmful effects of chloroform. It was established, however, that Shreeve had a sound understanding of chemicals, and he could distinguish unidentified substances by their odor alone, reports Fox News.