The man accused of selling the drugs that killed a 16-year-old New Westminster student will appear in court later this month.
Last week, New Westminster police submitted a report to Crown counsel recommending two counts of trafficking a controlled substance be laid against the man. He is expected to appear in court on Aug. 23.
“So we’re going to know sometime in between then about charges,” Staff Sgt. Andrew Perry told the Record.
The proposed charges stem from an incident on June 2.
Angel Loyer-Lawrence suffered a fatal overdose after she and a group of friends bought MDMA, a well-known party drug. A second girl, also 16, survived a bad reaction to the drugs and was rushed to the hospital.
Both girls were students at the New Westminster-based POWER alternate school, a program that serves vulnerable students age 16 to 18 from across the Lower Mainland.
The accused man’s name won’t be released until charges are officially laid.
