A dealer involved in the supply of a class A drug to a teenager on the day she died has been spared a prison sentence.

The body of 18-year-old Chloe Buist was found on February 28 last year.

Daniel Coll, then aged 21, was arrested on the same day in connection with alleged drug offences.

Coll, of West Street, was later charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine and ecstasy to Chloe, a trainee hairdresser, and others, reports the Clydebank Post. 

Coll, now 22, appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Friday for sentencing after being charged with five separate offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act, all of them relating to a property in Hawthornhill Road in Dumbarton on the day Chloe died.

He admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and being in possession of ecstasy.

But Sheriff John Hamilton opted not to send Coll to prison, instead ordering him to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work within six months.

Coll’s pleas of not guilty to being concerned in the supply of ecstasy, and to possession of quantities of cocaine and cannabis, were accepted by the Crown.

Following Chloe’s death, friends raised almost £5,000 to support her family and help with the cost of her funeral through an online appeal.

After seeing the appeal raise more than £4,000 in less than 24 hours, Chloe’s cousin, Stephen Macdonald, who launched the fundraising drive, said: “It really means a lot. It just goes to show you how much she was loved by everyone.

“You really were one in a million, Chloe.”

Chloe’s heartbroken family declined to comment publicly in the wake of the tragedy but many people who knew her left messages on social media.

Former schoolmate Caitlin Mcmillan called Chloe an “angel”, and Janette Paterson said she was “the most genuine happy-go-lucky caring, special girl in this town”.