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Drug dealer jailed over Leah Kerry ecstasy death | Drug dealer jailed over Leah Kerry ecstasy death |
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A man who supplied ecstasy tablets thought to have killed a 15-year-old girl has been jailed for three years. | A man who supplied ecstasy tablets thought to have killed a 15-year-old girl has been jailed for three years. |
Jacob Khanlarian, 20, from Newton Abbot, previously admitted supplying four ecstasy tablets, or MDMA, to Leah Kerry and two of her friends for £30. | Jacob Khanlarian, 20, from Newton Abbot, previously admitted supplying four ecstasy tablets, or MDMA, to Leah Kerry and two of her friends for £30. |
Leah, from Salisbury, was found unconscious in a park in Newton Abbot on 15 July and died the next day. | Leah, from Salisbury, was found unconscious in a park in Newton Abbot on 15 July and died the next day. |
Exeter Crown Court heard Leah took three tablets and her friends shared the fourth. | Exeter Crown Court heard Leah took three tablets and her friends shared the fourth. |
Toxicology reports read out to the court showed Leah's death could be attributed to the drugs. | Toxicology reports read out to the court showed Leah's death could be attributed to the drugs. |
More on Leah Kerry's death and other news from Devon and Cornwall | More on Leah Kerry's death and other news from Devon and Cornwall |
Khanlarian previously pleaded guilty to four counts of supplying the class A drug MDMA, and one of possessing cannabis with intent to supply. | Khanlarian previously pleaded guilty to four counts of supplying the class A drug MDMA, and one of possessing cannabis with intent to supply. |
Three of the counts related to the supply of ecstasy to Leah and two other teenage girls at Bakers Park on the night she died. | Three of the counts related to the supply of ecstasy to Leah and two other teenage girls at Bakers Park on the night she died. |
Khanlarian also admitted supplying ecstasy to others between January 2015 and July 2017, and cannabis between January 2013 and July 2017. | Khanlarian also admitted supplying ecstasy to others between January 2015 and July 2017, and cannabis between January 2013 and July 2017. |
Judge Graham Cottle told Khanlarian: "You were playing a significant role - of that there is no doubt." | |
"You were prepared to sell to girls as young as these three. Leah died as a consequence of the pills which you sold." | |
He added: "In a comparably short time she was clearly suffering with the effects of what you had sold her. | |
"You are exhibiting remorse for what has happened." |
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