Teen was 'advertising drugs for sale' hour before Cerys Reeve's death, court hears

A teenager was allegedly advertising drugs for sale an hour after a 14-year-old girl he is accused of killing died from taking Ecstasy. James McCairn, 18, is on trial for culpable homicide on Cerys Reeve 14, after he allegedly sold her MDMA from his home in Greenock, Inverclyde, on July 13, 2020. A jury at the High Court in Glasgow was shown three images which were said to have been seized from McCairn’s iPhone by cybercrime officers. The first image from SnapChat with the time stamp of 1.22am appeared to show a zip lock bag containing white powder. The accompanying text said: “Defo chucking it soon heads fried.” A second SnapChat image from 1.36am was seen to display tablets with a list of numbers down the side of the image with the caption “Red skulls there.” Jurors were also shown a log from McCairn’s SnapChat that appeared to show he was in conversation with Cerys’ account on the morning of her death. The messages – all of which were unable to be recovered by police – started at 2.52am and was initiated by McCairn. There were seven initial messages between the pair until 4am. A final message was allegedly sent by…
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