A mum has criticised the sentence handed down to the teenager who supplied ecstasy to her 13-year-old daughter.
The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, previously admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class A drug.
Yesterday, he was spared detention and instead put on a year-long supervision order when he appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court for sentencing. He was also ordered to carry out 140 hours of unpaid work.
But last night, the schoolgirl’s mum said he should have been locked up to send a tough message to other young people who might be tempted to try drugs.
The mum, from Fraserburgh, first spoke out when her daughter was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after she began hallucinating and suffering heart palpitations.
Last night, she said: “It’s disappointing.
“He should have got a custodial sentence. He was giving Class A drugs to a 13-year-old, and she ended up in hospital, the sentence isn’t enough.
“Luckily there haven’t been any serious lasting medical effects, but it really opens your eyes. I think it was disgusting what this older boy did.
“There are two people that need to learn from mistakes here – her for buying, and him for selling.
“I certainly hope my daughter has learned her lesson, it was a very scary thing.”
The girl’s frantic dad raised the alarm after discovering a video of her acting in an unusual way on online app Snapchat.
The teenage girl’s parents then discovered that she had taken an ecstasy pill shaped like a blue diamond.
She was rushed to hospital where she spent the night, and doctors said she was “lucky” not to have suffered any long-term effects.
The incident happened at a property in Fraserburgh on November 19 last year.
Figures released last year in the 2016 European Drug Report suggest that ecstasy consumption is on the rise in the UK between 15 to 34 year olds.
Its comeback – popularised by the rave and techno scenes of the 1990s – comes following crackdown on legal highs which were previously sold as alternatives.
