A DRUG dealer who was selling cannabis close to a school has been released on bail by a judge.

Michael Douglas, 23, was dealing drugs from an address in Lime Kiln, near Royal Wootton Bassett Aacademy.

Douglas pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis with intent to supply and producing the drug on Friday, June 19.

Judge Peter Blair QC adjourned the case to Monday, January 18, and released Douglas, who gave the court an address in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, on bail until then.