Cameron Patey, 22, said he bought a stash of the Class A drug to share with pals on a weekend trip.
A football hooligan has dodged jail again after being caught dealing cocaine.
Cameron Patey, 22, said he bought a stash of the Class A drug to share with pals on a weekend trip. Last June the Airdrie supporter was handed a football banning order for his part in a brawl with St Johnstone fans in the Lanarkshire town.
When asked about his role in the trouble, Patey told a social worker: “It’s an escape. It gives me a buzz.” Patey was back in the dock at Airdrie Sheriff Court to admit having cocaine with intent to supply others in the town’s Whinhall Avenue on March 21 last year.
He was on bail in relation to the football offence when he was detained. His solicitor, Paul Belardo, stressed Patey wasn’t a commercial drug dealer, telling the court: “He pleads guilty on the basis of social supply.”
Tammy Hislop, prosecuting, said he was caught with 53 bags of cocaine with a street value of £1,560. He claimed he’d bought it for £900 and planned to split it with friends during a weekend away.
Sheriff Derek Livingston ordered Patey, of Airdrie, to carry out 183 hours of unpaid community work as an alternative to prison. Last year the court heard that Patey was in a group of hooded Airdrie fans who confronted St Johnstone supporters at the West End Bar before a Scottish Cup tie in January 2024.
A fight broke out in the pub and spilled on to the street. Patey, who admitted causing a breach of the peace, was spared jail but was ordered not to attend any regulated matches in the UK or pubs showing football for two years.
It was the second time he had been given a court football banning order.
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