ACCUSED DRUG SELLER HAS CHARGES STAYED

A 16-year-old boy accused of selling two young girls the ecstasy that
killed them had four charges against him stayed on wednesday. Charges
related to criminal negligence causing death and bodily harm have
been stayed, Alberta justice spokeswoman Kim Misik said, because
there was not enough evidence to make a conviction likely.

The boy will be back in court aug. 21 in Stony Plain to enter a plea
on the five remaining counts, which include trafficking in a
controlled substance. Under provisions of the Youth criminal justice
act, the boy can't be identified.

On March 21, a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl died after
taking ecstasy at a wedding party on the Paul Band reserve west of
Wabamun lake, about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton.