Man charged with drug-dealing after investigation into Mutiny Festival 2018 deaths in Portsmouth will appear in court next month
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Lee Harvey, 22, of Owslebury Grove, Leigh Park, faces three charges of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court next month.
The charges do not relate directly to Mutiny.
Four other people arrested in the wake of 20-year-old Tommy Cowan and 18-year-old Georgia Jones’ deaths have been told they face no further action.
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Hide AdInquests previously heard the pair died after taking ‘Silver Audi’ MDMA pills on May 26, the first day of the 2018 festival, held in King George V Playing Fields.
Dad-of-one Tommy was praised as a ‘brilliant’ dad by his own father Damian Cowan. Care worker Georgia’s mother Janine Milburn launched a drugs campaign following her daughter’s death.
Hampshire police said two men, a 21-year-old from Waterlooville and a 22-year-old from Havant, have been released with no action. They had been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
A 23-year-old woman from Waterlooville arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a class A drug was also released with no further action.
Harvey is due in court on January 21.
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Hide AdA Cosham man arrested during the 18-month police investigation was admitted having cocaine and ketamine, class A and B drugs, two days after the festival and was sentenced. His case was not linked to the deaths.