Alleged meth dealer Henry Cox’s charge may resolve in Amy Bowden case

An accused dealer who allegedly sold meth to a man who used it to save his girlfriend from a heroin overdose may resolve his charge, a court has heard.

An alleged drug dealer that police allege sold meth to a man who then used it to “counteract” the heroin his girlfriend had overdosed on may resolve his case.
Henry Lachlan Cox, 19, was due to argue his charge should be thrown out on Tuesday over the drug related death of 25-year-old Amy Bowden earlier this year.

However, his lawyer, Casey Isaacs told the Adelaide Magistrates Court the charge may resolve and asked for an adjournment for negotiations to occur.

Ms Bowden’s former boyfriend, Ethan Lenny George Ross pleaded not guilty last month to supplying or administering a controlled drug and supplying a controlled drug to a child.

The duo were charged after Ms Bowden died in her Redwood Park home after a suspected heroin overdose.

Henry Cox has been jointly charged with supplying meth. Picture: Brett Hartwig

Ethan Ross, 27, has been charged over the death of his girlfriend, Amy Bowden. Picture: Supplied

Neither Mr Ross nor Mr Cox is charged with causing her death.

Police allege Mr Cox had supplied the methamphetamine to Mr Ross, who then administered it to Amy in an attempt to “balance out” the heroin she had taken.

In court documents released to The Advertiser, police allege Mr Ross had texted Mr Cox and asked him to bring over “yellow bricks” – aka methamphetamine – because Amy had overdosed on heroin and he needed to “pick her up”.

“It’s the only way to wake her up,” he allegedly sent her.

Police allege Mr Ross had told Mr Cox he wouldn’t call an ambulance to the home on the night of Amy’s death because if he did, Amy would be cut from her methadone program if a doctor found out she’d overdosed.

“He then stated ‘you saved me an $800 ambulance bill’,” police documents say.

It is alleged Mr Cox delivered drugs to the Redwood Park premises “on or about the 7th day of February”, according to court documents.

Amy Bowden as a young girl growing up in Victoria. Pictures: Supplied by family

Ms Bowden died in February. Picture: Supplied by family

Amy’s parents, Michelle and Bryan told The Advertiser after hearing that they’d lost their girl, they “lost a piece of themselves”.

“No amount of time will ever end this nightmare we are living every day,” Michelle said.

“We have lost a piece of ourselves.”
One of Amy’s closest friends, Clover Taylor, said Amy made her feel “less alone in the world”.

“Amy was a warm person. She was such a magnetic, intelligent, funny, and above all caring best friend, who in each other, we found deep comfort and felt so much less alone in the world,” Ms Taylor said.
Mr Cox will return to court next month to answer his charge and Mr Ross will appear in the District Court in January where a date for trial will be set.