‘It’s not good’: NSW inquest hears of woman’s last words during ‘Kambo’ frog toxin ritual

Victoria Sinclair tells coroner of strong reaction to toxins before Natasha Lechner’s death

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A self-described spiritual teacher and entrepreneur who applied the toxins of an Amazonian tree frog to burns in the skin of a New South Wales woman moments before she died did not know to call 000 in the case of emergencies, a coroner has heard.

Natasha Lechner died at the age of 39 in a shamanic “Kambo” ritual in Mullumbimby that went tragically wrong in 2019.

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