A youth soccer coach has prevented jail after he admitted being concerned in a cocaine operation.
Ryan Boyle wasn't caught with medication, however police discovered incriminating messages on his telephone.
Boyle, of Hawick Avenue, Wishaw, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court docket on Friday the place he was given a group payback order due to the "distinctive" circumstances.
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The 31-year-old admitted being concerned within the provide of cocaine between August and September 2017.
Sheriff Martin Jones expressed concern on the size of time it had taken to convey him to court docket.
The prosecution could not explain the delay.
The court docket heard that cocaine value £1900 was seized from one other man's residence in Wishaw in August 2017.
His telephone was seized and it emerged that he'd been in touch with Boyle within the days main as much as the raid.
One message referred to 'sorting you out with one other thousand tomorrow'.
In one other message Boyle stated he was 'nonetheless ready on a supply, mate'.
Cops then went to Boyle's residence and seized his telephone.
Extra messages indicating involvement in drug dealing have been discovered.
These included him saying 'Sound mate. I normally cost 500 an oz, however it's great things'.
Defence agent Calum Weir described Boyle as a "go-between" within the cocaine operation.
The lawyer said: "He wasn't concerned bodily with the medication. He ran the telephone, however accepts this can be a essential half within the provide chain.
"It is a interval in his life that he very a lot regrets.
"Hopefully he has realized from his stupidity. He appreciates the hurt this exercise causes society."
Boyle runs his personal enterprise and coaches children at Cambusnethan Talbot FC.
Sheriff Martin Jones advised him: "Such a offence normally ends in jail.
"However we at the moment are practically 5 years down the road and you haven't offended since.
"You help children enjoying soccer and you use others.
"I've determined, exceptionally, to not impose a custodial sentence."
Boyle was ordered to hold out 200 hours of unpaid group work.
He can even be confined to his residence at evening for six months beneath an digital tagging order.
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