Henry Cox, 19, pleads guilty to supplying meth used on Amy Bowden

An eastern suburbs teen drug dealer has come clean on a meth drop, with the drugs later used to try to reverse a young woman’s fatal overdose.

A teenager has admitted to supplying meth to a man who later used it to “counteract” his girlfriend’s heroin overdose before her death.

Henry Cox, 19, stood silently in the dock of the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday morning as his lawyer Casey Isaacs told the court his client would be admitting the charge.

Cox, from Beaumont, was charged in July last year after 26-year-old Amy Bowden died from a suspected overdose in her Redwood Park home in February.

Henry Cox pleaded guilty to supplying the meth. Picture: Brett Hartwig

Ross pleaded guilty last week. Picture: Tim Joy

Amy, who was born in Victoria, was living with her boyfriend when police said she suffered a heroin overdose.

Instead of calling an ambulance, police said her partner Ethan Lenny George Ross instead called Cox to the home, asking for “yellow bricks” – methamphetamine – to “pick up” Amy.

“It’s the only way to wake her up,” Ross sent Cox in a text.

Police said Ross had told Cox he wouldn’t call an ambulance to the home on the night of Amy’s death because if he did, it would cost them money.

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

In court on Thursday, Magistrate Brian Nitschke said Cox had been charged with one count of supplying or administering a controlled drug, namely methylamphetamine, knowing or being reckless to the fact it was a controlled drug on February 7 last year.

Pictures supplied by friends and family of Amy Bowden as they pay tribute to her.

Amy Bowden grew up in Victoria with her family before moving to SA in 2023. Picture: Supplied by family

“How do you plead?” he asked.

“Guilty,” Cox said quietly.

It comes just a week after Ross made a shock change to his plea in the District Court – confessing he had administered the meth to Amy in February last year.

Amy’s parents Bryan Bowden and Michelle Sposito told The Advertiser they were relieved that there would be no trial, but Ross’ plea did not bring them any closure.

“It will never bring her back,” they said.

Cox will appear in the District Court next month where a date will be set for sentencing submissions.

Originally published as Henry Cox, 19, pleads guilty to supplying meth used on Amy Bowden