A STUDENT who helped in the supply of the hallucinogenic drug N-bomb to a man who was killed by his friend in a psychotic episode has been sentenced to 200 hours' community service.

York Crown Court heard Liam Miller, of Terrington, near Malton, died on July 27 last year following an attack by his friend, Sam Donley, outside a house in York, after both had taken the drug.

Reginald Bosomworth, prosecuting, said Keiron Turley, who admitted being concerned with supplying the synthetic drug to Mr Miller, had both taken drugs together while studying at John Moores University, Liverpool.

When the 20-year-old North Yorkshire musician wanted to get some N-bomb, a Class A drug similar to LSD, Turley gave him the telephone number of a drug dealer.

Turley, 20, of Malden Road, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.

His solicitor advocate Ken Heckle said: "He was just trying to help a friend out. He provided the number of someone well known on the campus.

"He has learnt a very hard lesson these past few months. He and the deceased were good friends."

Recorder Alistair MacDonald QC told York Crown Court: "This demonstrates the folly of experimenting in this kind of drug. It is a wholly exceptional case."

Donley is serving six years and eight months in jail after admitting the manslaughter of Liam Miller.