AN alleged drug dealer is to stand trial over the Ecstasy-related death of a 17-year-old.
At Newcastle Crown Court, Christopher Hartshorn, 19, denied supplying the drug that killed Martin Dakers The trial is due to start next March. He was granted bail.
Mr Dakers was arrested last March on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly. Soon after, he was found collapsed in a cell at Washington Police Station. He died in Sunderland General Hospital. Mr Hartshorn faces one charge of supplying a Class A drug.
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