A man found guilty of possessing hundreds of pounds worth of cannabis with intent to supply has been sentenced to community service.

Daniel Constable, of Curbridge Road, Witney, had the drugs in his Volkswagen car when it was searched by police on March 13 last year.

Nick Syfret, prosecuting, told Oxford Crown Court on Monday that Constable had pleaded guilty to possessing 10.4g of cannabis resin seized from the car.

He said Constable, 24, claimed he had "found" eight further wraps of the drug which police discovered in the car and had not decided what to do with them.

An organiser with entries relating to cannabis dealing was subsequently found at Constable's home, together with a number of self-seal polythene bags.

Constable had denied intending to supply the eight wraps, which weighed a total of 209g and were valued at between £500 and £750. He was convicted after a trial at Witney Magistrates' Court.

Constable also pleaded guilty to having no insurance for the car and displaying a tax disc which related to another vehicle.

His case was transferred to the crown court for sentence.

Paul Reid, defending, said Constable had no previous convictions and was shortly to become a father. He said Constable had stopped using cannabis following the shock of his arrest.

"This isn't the most serious cannabis with intent to supply case that the court will have come across," he added.

Sentencing Constable to 150 hours' community service, Judge Christopher Compston said: "All right, cannabis is less serious than it was, but you had it with intent to supply. It's still a serious matter."

He endorsed Constable's driving licence with six penalty points and ordered him to pay £200 costs.