Red Bull rage prompts Korean student's deportation

Maybe she's had too much caffeine!

[Red Bull is an energy drink with caffeine similar to Hot 6 or Bacchus]

From Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News:

A Korean student studying at Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia (Canada) is expected to be deported today after an outburst at the school cafeteria that his lawyer blames on drinking too many Red Bull energy drinks.

Halifax lawyer Joel Pink said drinking too many of the caffeinated beverages caused his client, Jyong Chul Lee, to become angry and threaten an official in the school residence on Sept. 10. "I have never seen a case where a person has been drinking as much Red Bull that Mr. Lee has been drinking," Pink said Thursday.

Lee, 25, was expelled from the university and charged with mischief, creating a disturbance and criminal harassment. He pleaded guilty to the charges Thursday in  provincial court in Sydney, Nova Scotia. In announcing her sentence, Judge Jean Whalen agreed to a joint request from the Crown [the prosecution/government] and defence that Lee be sent back to Korea. He's expected to be escorted home on Friday.

Underwent psychiatric evaluation

Lee had been in jail since the September incident. In that time, he underwent a month-long psychiatric examination at the East Coast Forensic Hospital in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

"According to the psychiatric report, basically it showed that he was under — at the time — a caffeine overdose or what we call caffeine intoxication," Pink told reporters outside the courtroom Thursday.

A sign of too much Red Bull!

Pink described his client as a perfectionist and said Lee drank large quantities of Red Bull so he could stay up longer to study, believing that would ensure he got the best possible marks in the courses he was taking.

Drank loads of caffeine

The lawyer said Lee's psychiatric report suggested 500 to 600 mg of caffeine a day could cause caffeine intoxication. Pink said he was surprised to learn of the report's findings.

"I've never read any cases in the last 40 years where the defence of caffeine intoxication was ever raised," said Pink.

  Questions

When you are told to leave a country by the government, that is called being _____________.

If someone has an outburst, they feel very ________.

A _______________________ is housing that is provided for university students on campus.

When you ______ guilty to charges, you admit that you are guilty of a crime.

What was Lee's sentence?

What did Lee have to do while he was in jail (under arrest)?

What was Lee's condition when he had his outburst?

Why was Lee drinking so much Red Bull?

 How much caffeine could cause caffeine intoxication, according to Lee's psychiatric report?