Teenager supplied ‘Trip Advisors’

A teenage boy has admitted supplying ecstasy which caused six children to need hospital treatment.

The 17-year-old – who cannot be named – gave the class A drug to two 13-year-old girls who shared the tablets with four of their friends, also 13.

The accused met the girls at a retail park in Irvine and sold them the tablets which had an owl logo similar to the Trip Advisor brand.

The three girls and three boys took the tablets at one of the friends’ houses.

The drugs were sold to two children at Rivergate retail park. One of the children told officers the tablets were called “Trip Advisors”, Kilmarnock Sheriff Court heard.

Police interviewed the youngsters who all confirmed they had taken ecstasy in tablet form.

All the children had elevated blood pressure and heart rates consistent with taking ecstasy. They were kept in overnight for observations before being discharged the following day.

The accused youth admitted supplying ecstasy to two of the girls at Rivergate retail park in Irvine on 24 February.

Sentence was deferred for background reports.