FOUR men from Stroud are due to appear before a judge at Manchester Crown Court this morning following the death of Nick Bonnie.

Nick, 30, who grew up in King’s Stanley, died in September after collapsing in the Warehouse Project nightclub in Manchester.

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

James Churchill, aged 30, 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.

At a hearing at Trafford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, January 7, the men only spoke to confirm their names and addresses and have not yet entered a plea.

Magistrates granted them bail to appear at Manchester Crown Court on January 28.

More to follow.