Nick Bonnie and his girlfriend Leah Wilkins. Four friends charged over his death have walked free from court The distraught mother of a Prince’s Trust worker who died after taking ecstasy on a night out with four friends said her family was irreparably ‘broken’ today as she watched them spared jail for lying to police about the tragedy. Nick Bonnie, 30, who had been pictured with the Prince of Wales and visited Highgrove and Buckingham Palace through his work with the charity, collapsed after taking the drug while the quintet were enjoying a ‘lads’ weekend’. As his friends took a taxi to the hospital where he lay dying, they agreed to lie to police about who had supplied the drugs, each sticking to their story as they were questioned while he suffered a fatal heart attack in intensive care.
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Nick Bonnie, 30, died of heart attack caused by ‘excessive consumption of ecstasy’
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Mr Bonnie from Stroud, Glos, was on lads' weekend in Manchester with four friends
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His mother said their lies had caused ‘additional anguish and unacceptable stress’
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Friends agreed to lie to police about where drugs came from as Mr Bonnie lay in intensive care
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Four walk free from court with suspended sentences after pleading guilty
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Judge said taking drugs on a night out was not acceptable but 'criminal'
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