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Manx Newscast: Different laws could have saved my sons

Manx Newscast

Monday, 2 December 2024 - 38 minutes

The father of two boys who were found dead in a room in Bolton after taking ecstasy they bought on the dark web has told Manx Radio he believes his sons would have been saved if drugs were decriminalised.

It's been a decade since brothers Jacques and Torin Lakeman, from Port St Mary, died. 

Ray Lakeman, who is advocating for a law change, accepts it's difficult to stop young people from experimenting.

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