A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service after admitting his part in supplying the drugs which led to the death of Liam Miller.

Liam, from Terrington near Malton, was killed by his friend Sam Donley on July 27 last year, outside a house in Hamilton Drive West in Acomb after both had taken hallucinogenic drugs.

Keiron Thomas Turley, 20, an English literature student from Malden Road, Liverpool, was sentenced at York Crown Court on Monday, after admitting a charge of being concerned with supplying 25i-NBOMe to Liam in June 2015.

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Liam Miller

Turley used to take drugs with graphic design student Liam of Terrington, north of York, when they lived in adjacent rooms at John Moores University, Liverpool, Reginald Bosomworth, prosecuting, told York Crown Court.

When the Yorkshire musician wanted to get some 251-NBOMe, a Class A drug similar to LSD, Turley gave him the telephone number of a drug dealer.

Liam bought seven tablets of the drug, also known as N-Bomb, and during the long vacation, took them with Samuel Frederick Donley, 19, of Hamilton Drive, Acomb. They caused Donley to kill Liam in a frenzied attack on July 27 last year. He was 20 when he died.

Recorder Alistair MacDonald QC told York Crown Court: "This demonstrates the folly of experimenting in this kind of drug. "

Turley, of Malden Road, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.

His solicitor advocate Ken Heckle said: "He was just trying to help a friend out. He provided the number of someone well known on the campus.

"He has learnt a very hard lesson these past few months. He and the deceased were good friends."

After his arrest, Turley had given police the name and contact details of the drug dealer that supplied the drug. He was devastated by the death of his friend and his part in it.

Turley was given a community order with 200 hours' unpaid work.

"It is a wholly exceptional case," the judge said.

Liam was studying graphic design at the university when he met Turley.

Mr Bosomworth said: "It is abundantly clear they were in the habit of sharing various illicit drugs together."

Last June, Liam wanted to try out N-Bomb and contacted Turley. He bought it some time before his death.

The prosecution accepted Turley's basis of plea that he did not directly supply Liam with the drug.

Mr Heckle said Turley was continuing with his studies and was now in his second year at the university, and had a "promising career" ahead of him.

He had never been in trouble with the police before.

Donley is currently serving six years and eight months in jail after admitting the manslaughter of Liam Miller.