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Sara Carlin and boyfriend exchanged angry texts Continued from page 1 3 · Friday, June 11, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com from happening in the future. Throughout Wednesday, the Coroner's Counsel Michael Blain called a number of witnesses to the stand. This included Adam Currie, who dated Sara for the final two weeks of her life. The jury heard Currie and Sara had been acquaintances for years through mutual friends, but only started dating in late April 2007. Currie said the relationship involved considerable binge drinking at friends' homes and bars, paid for largely by Currie. Friends of Sara's have previously testified she was into cocaine during this period, but Currie said he never witnessed her using it. Currie also mentioned Sara had told him she was suffering from vicious nightmares and drank excessively so she could black out and thereby silence them. When it came to the Paxil she was taking, Currie said all he knew was that it was for anxiety and that Sara had been talking about going off it gradually. "This was something on her mind, but it was never executed to my knowledge," he said. On May 4, two days before Sara's death, Currie said the two had gone to an Oakville bar, but Currie became upset when Sara began spending time with a "I'm crying, I'm not trash, I'm so low, I'm hurting. Maybe I'll drink myself into a coma." n Text from Sara Carlin to boyfriend Adam Currie two days before her suicide man with whom she'd had a previous relationship. As the bar was closing, Currie said Sara opted to stay with this man, at which point Currie grew angry and left. The next morning at around 8 a.m. the two exchanged a series of heated phone calls and text messages. Currie said Sara was incoherent and whispering into the phone. He said he believed she was on cocaine and became angry, as she had stayed at the other man's house overnight. Feeling he'd been used, a devastating series of text messages followed. With the text message records on hand, Blain noted Sara had texted Currie stating, `I feel like I'm at the end of my rope.' Currie had texted back. `I assure you, with me you are. I took a risk on you. I'm glad you couldn't hide being trash for more than two weeks, but I caught you before it was too late.' Sara texted him back stating, `I'm crying, I'm not trash, I'm so low, I'm hurting. Maybe I'll drink myself into a coma.' Currie would later text Sara, `Get dead.' "I never meant that by any means and I'm sorry for that," Currie told the court. Blain said Currie sent text messages later in the day apologizing for what he'd written with Sara acknowledging his apology. The pair decided to take the May 5, evening off from each other to hang out with other friends. Sara killed herself in the early morning hours of May 6. On cross-examination, Nancy McAuley, the lawyer for the three doctors, asked Currie if Sara had ever mentioned her brother Brendan, who died of a drug overdose on New Year's Eve 1999. Previous witnesses have testified Brendan's death was a source of great sadness for Sara. One witness testified Sara had said she wanted to be with Brendan again. Currie said she had talked about Brendan's death and how it had left a hole in her life. He also said Sara had talked about recently finding some pictures of her brother, which had brought some of these old feelings back. GlaxoSmithKline Lawyer Miguel Mendes referred to a written statement by Currie in which he stated Sara said the Paxil was helping her. Currie acknowledged the written statement. Will pointed out during his crossexamination that Currie had not really known Sara until two weeks before her death. The lawyer said Currie did not know she had once been a star athlete or a student of such intelligence that she and another student were once tutoring an entire high school class. Numerous witnesses, who knew Sara for a longer period of time, have testified that her lack of interest in academics, sports and many other things and her excessive drinking and drug use began in 2006. Will has previously pointed out Sara began taking Paxil in February 2006. Several of Sara's other friends who testified Wednesday said Sara showed absolutely no signs that anything was wrong during the last night of her life. "She was good that night, upbeat, looking forward to going out. She wanted to have a conversation with everyone who was there," said Brian Richardson. "She just wanted to have a good time." LOOKING FORWARD with FASHION 200 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville · 905.842.0232 · www.burrowsclothiers.com