RAVE club bosses turned a blind eye to drug dealing on their premises even after the Ecstasy death of a teenager, a court heard.

A jury at Newcastle Crown Court was told David Mallin, 45, his son David Mallin, 23, and Graham Brown, 45, knew the deadly drug was being sold and taken at the New Monkey Club in Pallion Road, Sunderland.

It is claimed the trio allowed it to carry on, even after 18-year-old Gary Henderson died after collapsing outside the club on July 27, 2003.

A post-mortem examination revealed Gary died as a result of the effects of Ecstasy, which witnesses say he took inside the New Monkey, which attracted large numbers of young people from South ...