A DRUG dealer who was back peddling his wares just six weeks after being caught for the first time has been given a 'last chance' by the courts - even though he turned up with his bag expecting to be jailed.

Daniel Withers had been released under investigation for selling cannabis in Chippenham when he was spotted doing it again.

But after hearing the 22-year-old is 'saveable' a judge gave him a last chance by imposed a suspended sentence.

Hannah Squire, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court the defendant was first arrested for dealing on November 30 last year.

She said officers saw a groups of youngsters and, after smelling cannabis, searched them to find Withers with four bags of drugs, weighing 6.4g.

When he was questioned he said it was all for his own use and text messages on his phone suggesting dealing had nothing to do with drugs. He was released under investigation.

Then on the evening of January 11 officers spotted what appeared to be a drug deal taking place in Chippenham.

They moved in and arrested both men and Withers was found to have £120 in cash and 71g of cannabis, worth £710, on him.

Miss Squire said that he has no previous drugs convictions, though he had other matters and was cautioned for possessing ecstasy on the day of his second arrest.

Withers, of Charter Road, Chippenham pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply.

Probation officer Jackie Reynolds said he is currently on two community orders for other matters and has brought his bag, anticipating prison.

She said he had been using cannabis for seven years, as well as cocaine more recently, but has not taken either since April.

He lives with his mum, is currently unemployed and claiming universal credit and served a jail term earlier this year for not complying with a suspended sentence.

Andrew Stone, defending, said his mum was very keen to do the hard work to get her son back on the straight and narrow.

He was job hunting and hoping to get something as a labourer should he avoid going back to jail.

Before passing sentence Recorder Michael Vere-Hodge QC asked the probation officer if she thought Withers was 'saveable', and she said he was.

He told Withers: "This is your very last chance. I have been persuaded by the probation officer, to whom you owe a considerable debt, that you are saveable."

He imposed a 10-month jail term suspended for two years with 120 hours of unpaid work and a three-month curfew.