Dealer sold drugs as a way to make friends, court hears

 A judge spared a drug dealer from jail after hearing his alopecia had led to a life of ridicule and that selling drugs was a way of making friends.

Cameron Bridges started selling drugs after being frozen out by his peers for much of his school life and to support his £150-a-day cocaine habit.

Bridges, of Polperro, Cornwall, admitted possession of cocaine, ketamine and cannabis with intent to supply, as well as possession charges and assaulting an emergency worker.

Truro Crown Court heard the 20-year-old’s life spiralled out of control until his arrest in May when he sought help and is now drug-free.

Judge Simon Carr jailed him for two years, suspended for two years, and issued a six-month drug rehabilitation order, a curfew and 150 hours of unpaid work.