A ‘cocktail of drugs’ caused the death of two friends from Pembroke Dock earlier this year, an inquest heard last week.

The inquests into the deaths of 36-year-old Dean Walter Boswell and 40-year-old Stephen James John, both of whom passed away on March 21, was held at Milford Haven last Friday.

It was heard at the inquests how Mr. John had left his home to visit Mr. Boswell the night before they both died.

Mr. John’s partner said she later sat with him watching TV for several hours before going to bed, and discovered him dead the following morning.

Mr. Boswell, a dad of three, was found dead in his bed by his mother after she had received a ’phone call notifying her of Mr. John’s death.

A toxicology report conducted during the post mortem carried out on Mr. John showed opiates in his system, along with cannabis, diazepam and pregabalin - a depressant of the central nervous system, which enhances the toxicity of other drugs.

The post mortem concluded that the cocktail of drugs caused Mr. John’s death by ‘shutting down’ his central nervous system in his sleep.

The post mortem on Mr. Boswell also showed opiates in his system, along with cannabis, diazepam, and again pregabalin.

Deputy coroner Gareth Lewis highlighted the dangers of mixing prescription and illicit drugs at the inquests, when he concluded that both deaths were drug related.