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'Superman' death-link pills found at Telford house

More than 100 "Superman" pills containing a substance believed to be responsible for a Telford man's death were found at a house, a court heard.

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Police found 113 PMMA pills during a raid in High Street, Hadley, where Damian Malolepszy was said to have been running a drugs operation.

The drugs were linked to the death of 27-year-old Daniel Bagnall. Malolepszy, 28, of Redlands Road, Hadley, faces six charges of drug offences including being concerned with the supply of a controlled drug to Mr Bagnall.

PMMA pills are also known as Superman as they are embossed with the "S" logo. On the first day of Malolepszy's trial at Shrewsbury Crown Court, a jury heard four couples had been out celebrating New Year's Eve in Telford.

Mr Bagnall took the drug, fell ill and was found dead at 1.45pm on New Year's Day.

Mr James Dunstan, prosecuting, said: "There are four couples with a family link between them all. Lindsey Dicken and her partner Nathan Crossley invited her two brothers and their partners over.

"Their cousin Stacey Dicken and her partner Daniel Bagnall also visited the flat.

"Earlier Nathan had been to visit the defendant in order to buy drugs and pay off his £20 debt.

"He bought some cannabis and the defendant said he had some strong pills and sold Nathan two pills on credit.

"These pills had the Superman logo on them. Daniel Bagnall had half of one, the rest were shared out between the men."

Later Mr Bagnall saw Malolepszy and bought another four pills from him. He and one of the group, Carl Dicken, took one then and took another four hours later.

Mr Dicken was sick from the effects of the drug and Mr Bagnall went to bed "in a bad way".

The case continues.

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