A PLASTERER who was caught with more than £10,000 worth of cannabis and cocaine has been punished - for the second time.

Drew Lannigan, of Hawthornhill Road, Dumbarton, was caught with the drugs in his vehicle back in August 2016 in Tontine Park, Renton, and admitted possession with intent to supply.

The 28-year-old pleaded guilty back in 2017 and had to prove to the court he and 11 of his pals were planning to use the substances themselves.

He said the group were planning a weekend away and had all chipped in. Sheriff Maxwell Hendry forced the friends to give evidence that this was true.

Despite Lannigan’s lawyer claiming at the time it was “not uncommon” for people to pool together to buy drugs, the sheriff retorted: “It’s not common, in my 40 or so years’ experience in the court system, to see 13 like-minded people prepared to spend that for a weekend.”

Lannigan was originally supposed to do 230 hours of unpaid work in the community and be under curfew for four months.

Now he’s been ordered to do more hours and stay at home in the evenings after failing to do the unpaid work and breaching the community payback order (CPO).

At Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week, defence solicitor Paul Sweeney accepted his client was responsible enough to run a business but should have been responsible enough to do what the court ordered.

He said: “He fully accepts the grave position he has put himself in. He should be focusing on all aspects of his life.”

Despite his failure on the last CPO, Sheriff Hendry gave Lannigan another chance.

He ordered him to do 150 hours of unpaid work in the community within six months and must stay at home between 7pm and 7am for the next four months.

Sheriff Hendry told Lannigan: “This is quite literally last chance saloon.

“You have spurned the chances the court has given you. All it would take is another failure to comply and you would be heading towards prison and your business would be down the tubes and your family would be unsupported.

“You have failed to do the right thing in the past, repeatedly.”