FOUR men from Stroud are due to appear before magistrates this morning following the death of Nick Bonnie.

Nick, 30, who grew up in King’s Stanley, died in the early hours of Saturday, September 28, after collapsing in the Warehouse Project nightclub in Manchester while on a lads’ weekend.

It is believed he died after taking what police said was part of a ‘bad batch’ of an illegal substance.

James Churchill, aged 29, of Selsey West, Stroud, has been charged with perverting the course of justice and six counts of supplying a Class A drug.

Paul Tabb, aged 30, of Stanley View, Stroud, has been charged with perverting the course of justice and two counts of possession of Class A drugs.

Dean Neale, aged 29, of Mosley Crescent, Stroud, has been charged with perverting the course of justice and two counts of possession of Class A drugs.

Simon Lloyd-Jones, aged 29, of Foxmoor Lane, Stroud,  has been charged with perverting the course of justice.

All four have been bailed to appear at Trafford Magistrates' Court today, (Tuesday, January, 7).