Jordan Lyttle, 24, from Oaktree Drive in Antrim town, faces multiple drug charges after two 13-year-old girls were hospitalised. The incident occurred in June last year when the girls fell ill after taking Ecstasy.

Police received a report at 12.10am on June 14 that the girls had been admitted to Antrim Area Hospital. A parent had given them £20 around 9pm the previous evening to buy food at McDonald's. The girls did not return, and a passer-by found them unwell around 11pm and called an ambulance.

Officers spoke to the girls at the hospital, where both appeared heavily under the influence of a substance. The girls stated they had bought Ecstasy tablets from Lyttle earlier that evening.

Lyttle faces charges including supplying Ecstasy on June 13, possessing cannabis and criminal property on June 14, and being concerned in offers to supply Ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis over periods in April to June last year.

The case appeared at Antrim Magistrates Court in Ballymena on Tuesday. Lyttle attended via video link from prison and was remanded in custody. The matter moves to Antrim Crown Court for arraignment on May 12.