7:40am Saturday 28th November 2009
TWO men accused of supplying steroids to bodybuilder Matthew Dear, who died, are due to appear at crown court.
Garry Penny, 21, and a 17-year-old, from Westcliff, who cannot be named, appeared at Basildon Magistrate’s Court to face charges of supplying anabolic steroids.
Penny, of Station Road, Westcliff, faced one count of being concerned in the supply of the Class C drug methandienone in Southend between February 2009 and April 2009.
His 17-year-old co-defendant faced one count of supplying 50 tablets of the anabolic steroid methandienone and a further charge of supplying 50 tablets of the drug to another man.
The charges also relate to incidents alleged to have happened between February and April this year.
Neither of the pair entered a plea to the charges.
Both were released on unconditional bail and will reappear later at Basildon Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing.
Mr Dear, 17, of Hamstel Road, Southend, died in April. He suffered swelling to the brain after taking anabolic steroids.
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