FOUR friends who lied to police after the death of popular Stroud man are due to be sentenced today, Friday.
Paul Tabb, James Churchill, Dean Neale and Simon Lloyd-Jones admitted perverting the course of justice following the death of their friend Nick Bonnie, who died after taking a suspected bad batch of illegal drugs.
Mr Bonnie, who grew up in King's Stanley, died on September 28 last year. He collapsed at the Warehouse Project nightclub in Trafford during a lads weekend and later died at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Churchill admitted six counts of supplying a Class A drug while he, Tabb and Neale pleaded guilty to possession of MDMA and cocaine.
Police in Manchester confirmed the drugs were bought in Gloucestershire.
Tabb, aged 30, of Stanley View, Stroud, Churchill, aged 30, of Selsley West, Neale, aged 29, of Moseley Crescent, and Lloyd-Jones, aged 29, of Foxmoor Lane, are due to be sentenced at 2pm.
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