A drug dealer could be spared jail by a judge who told him 'The last thing a court wants to do is jeopardise someone's future unnecessarily'.

Kehinde Olayiwola was facing sentence after being caught with hundreds of pounds worth of heroin and crack stuffed up his backside at the scene of a late night stabbing.

But Judge Jason Taylor QC told the 22-year-old that he would put his case off to the New Year to give him a chance to start at university.

And he said should the dealer stays out of trouble, keeps off cannabis, and remains committed to his engineering course he may not go to jail.

Olayiwola was arrested on Lennox Drive, Walcot, because he was acting suspiciously close to the scene of the knife incident in the early hours Tuesday June 5 last year.

Hannah Squire, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court he had three mobile phones, one his own iPhone and the other two 'cheap throwaway phones; burner phones'.

She said "He was arrested. No drugs were found on the street. He was taken to the police station, he was concealing them in his bottom."

When he was strip searched it was revealed he had 73 wraps of crack cocaine, about five of heroin and a small amount of cannabis for his own use in his backside.

And after data from the phones was downloaded it was discovered he had sent out bulk messages to 174 different numbers the day before advertising drugs for sale.

Miss Squire said he claimed he had been assaulted by people who forced him into the trade but police had looked into his allegations and found no record of a complaint.

Olayiwola, of Greenwich, London, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing drugs with intent to supply and one of simple possession.

Mike Pulsford, defending, said his client has an offer to start an engineering course at De Montfort University in Leicester later this month.

At the time of the offences he said he had a cannabis habit and got involved with dealers who forced him into selling for them.

He asked the court to put off passing sentence so his client had the chance to prove he had changed his ways and was making progress at university.

Judge Jason Taylor QC deferred sentence until early next year saying "You were acting under instructions and against a background of intimidation.

"The police do not necessarily accept that. They have searched to see if any reports were made by your family but they have not been able to find any.

"You have convictions for simple possession, but nothing more. It seems to me that this is a significant role.

"You were playing an operational function, have some awareness of the scale of the operation and benefitted financially. In mitigation I can take into account pressure.

"The last thing a court wants to do is jeopardise someone's future unnecessarily."

Deferring sentence he said "You are being given an opportunity today."