Drug dealer caught 'red-handed' with stash at parents home avoids jail
Factory workers in East Kilbride facing redundancyMs McLaren said the cannabis recovered was worth up to £530 while the ecstasy tablets could cost £10 each.McCarthy has a previous conviction for being concerned in the supply of cannabis.Heartbreaking foodbank statistics that show food poverty in East KilbrideDefence solicitor Jackson Bateman said McCarthy had pleaded guilty on the basis that he was supplying friends and was not a commercial dealer.He had co-operated with the police and would be willing to comply with a community-based sentence.After studying background reports, Sheriff Ray Small told McCarthy he would have been entitled to jail him but was prepared to impose an alternative sentence.EK medical student avoids jail despite