A teenager has been charged with supplying a class A drug after a 13-year-old boy was found dead in a park in South Wales last year.

The unnamed 15-year-old was arrested shortly after the death of Carson Price in Ystrad Mynach, near Caerphilly, on 12 April 2019.

He has now been charged with supplying MDMA, also known as ecstasy, and will appear at Cwmbran Youth Court on 28 July, Gwent Police said.

Carson was found unconscious at a park around a mile from his home in Hengoed, Caerphilly. He was taken to hospital in Cardiff 12 miles away, but was pronounced dead on arrival.

In May this year an inquest found he died from a “violent reaction” to an “excessive” amount of ecstasy.

Following Carson’s death, a vigil was held in his honour at Ystrad Mynach Park, which was organised by his friends and attended by his parents and brother.

His family paid tribute to him in a statement, which read: “On Friday, 12 April, our lives changed forever when our little boy was taken away from us.

“Carson was bright and caring, kind and loving. He was a cheeky little boy. He was the best big brother to Coby and was loved by so many.”

A 22-year-old man from Caerphilly who was arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs was released and remains under investigation.

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