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Tom Wilkinson

Man to be sentenced over cannabis lab explosion which killed friend and child

The blast in Violet Close in Benwell, Newcastle, which killed Archie York, seven, and a 33-year-old man (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Wire)

A man is to be sentenced for causing an explosion while processing cannabis into sweets which killed a seven-year-old boy sleeping in the flat above.

Reece Galbraith has admitted the manslaughter of little Archie York and Galbraith’s friend, 33-year-old Jason “Jay” Laws, in the blast in Violet Close, Benwell, Newcastle, in the early hours of October 16.

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