The families of two teenage girls who died from methanol poisoning while on a holiday in Laos have slammed a development in their case as 'appalling'.
Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both 19, died after a night out in the party town of Vang Viang, a small village north of Laos' capital Vientiane in November last year.
The pair were staying at Nana Backpackers Hostel and accidentally consumed methanol after they drank free shots of vodka and whiskey that were handed out.
The teens, both from Beumaris in Melbourne's southeast, were among six foreign tourists to die due to the mass methanol poisoning event.
Miss Jones and Miss Bowles were rushed to separate Thai hospitals after asking staff for help on November 13.
