A man who was caught selling thousands of pounds worth of ecstasy at a music festival has been jailed for three years.
Sam Butterfield pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to possessing 56.3 grams of ecstasy with intent to supply.
Butterfield (23), of Western Boulevard, Leicester, also admitted possessing four tablets of the class A drug for his own use at the festival.
Prosecutor Warren Stanier said at the end of July, Butterfield attended the annual Global Gathering festival at Long Marston airfield, in south Warwickshire.
While he was there, he sold drugs to other festival-goers and was detained by security staff, who handed him over to the police.
Butterfield volunteered that he had four tablets of "yellow star" ecstasy for his own use.
When he was searched, he produced a plastic bag containing 104 self-seal clear plastic bags, each of which contained ecstasy powder.
He also had £2,025 in cash – which Mr Stanier said had been retained by the police after it had been "disclaimed" by Butterfield.
Officers went to Butterfield's home, where they found a set of electronic scales and more of the small self-seal bags, said Mr Stanier.
He said: "He was very frank with the police.
"He said he had lost his job and had been told by a friend he could make a significant sum of money by selling drugs at the festival."
Butterfield, who had previous convictions for violence but none for drug offences, said he had got the ecstasy powder and divided it into bags, which he sold for £30 to £60 each.
Sanjeev Sharma, defending, said Butterfield was "resigned to the fact it's custody".
He said: "His guilty plea is his best mitigation, and he is genuinely regretful and remorseful."
Jailing Butterfield, Recorder Upward told him: "You made a very foolish decision when you decided to sell drugs at a festival.
"We have all read about the damage which can be caused by the misuse of ecstasy."
