A FATHER and his two sons were locked up on Thursday after a boy of 16 was left on a ventilator and in intensive care because he’d taken two £10 pink “teddy bear” ecstasy tablets.

Caernarfon crown court heard the tablets were sold in December 2016 at a youngsters’ disco at a Barmouth nightspot.

Prosecuting barrister Simon Rogers said the teenager became unconscious, his heart was racing, he had seizures, and his eyes were “rolling.”

Mr Rogers declared : "It’s extremely fortunate the complainant recovered from that ordeal." His own father didn’t recognise him at first in hospital.

Judge Niclas Parry said :”This is a frightening example of a serious case of supply which literally came close to causing the death of a young boy.“ He’d survived “by the skin of his teeth.”

The judge remarked : "Perhaps this is the kind of example that will send out the message to young people ecstasy tablets are not sweets and cocaine isn’t cool. They are lethal substances."

Rhun Glyn, 21, and Evan Glyn, 18, had sold drugs to a queue in a toilet. "It was like a sweet shop," the judge said.

The older brother, currently serving six years for a “bottling,” received a three-year consecutive jail term after admitting possessing cocaine and ecstasy with intent to supply and supplying ecstasy. Evan Glyn, a college student, was locked up for two-and-a-half years after admitting possessing drugs with intent to supply.

Nigel Jones, 47, a stonemason, was jailed for five years after being convicted following a trial of being concerned in the supply of cocaine. Judge Parry said he should be “utterly ashamed” of allowing his sons to use his home as a drugs den.

Police had searched the family’s home at Adwy Ddu, Penrhyndeudraeth, after the boy’s ordeal and found drugs and mobile phones. The tablets were sold for £10 each because of their potency.

The prosecution said Rhun Glyn had boasted to a girl who wanted ecstasy :”Two of those put someone in intensive care.”

Investigating officer DC Dave Rock of North Wales police said after the case :”Those few in our communities who supply class A controlled drugs must realise there is a consequence to their actions, both to those who risk their lives in taking uncontrolled and illicit drugs and those who supply as they will go to prison. Rhun Glyn sold ‘Pink Teddy Bear’ ecstasy tablets to vulnerable young people at a party with no regard to their safety or the consequences. He was only concerned about making a profit.

“It’s important we reiterate the health warnings carried particularly to young people thinking of taking this type of drug or other psychoactive substances as they’ve no idea where they were made, by whom or what they contain. They can be deadly and it’s simply not worth the risk.”

The father of the 16-year-old victim, who did not wish to be named, added: My son was out enjoying a youth disco with friends when a phone call from police almost turned my world upside down.

“The sheer panic and fear driving to Wrexham hospital that night are indescribable. To see him unconscious, pale, prostrate on a bed and unrecognisable is something I hope and pray no other family should go through. It disgusts me that adults took advantage and preyed on a young lad and supplied him tablets.

“Thanks to the prompt medical attention my son survived but the consequences could have been far, far worse.”