A MAN who supplied cocaine to a "stunning" female police officer was caught in a "honey-trap", a court was told.

Otis Orrill was approached by the officer, who was carrying out an undercover drugs operation, in a Long Eaton pub.

But Orill, 34, was spared a prison sentence after a judge admitted he was troubled by aspects of the case.

Orrill, of Bailey Brook, Langley Mill, supplied cocaine to the officer in the Railway pub on March 7, and again at the Wheatsheaf pub on April 11 after exchanging phone numbers with her.

A week later he put her in touch with another man who sold her cocaine.

Dominic Shelley, defending, said Orrill had described the officer as "stunning" and had said: "I thought all my birthdays had come at once."

Orrill said the only reason he exchanged phone numbers was to meet her for a date.

Judge David Pugsley told Orrill: "I was going to send you to prison. But I am troubled.

"I am not criticising this surveillance operation, but I think you are a buffoon who took a course you would not have normally have taken."

Orrill pleaded guilty to two offences of supplying cocaine and another of being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

He was given a 40-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, and 100 hours unpaid work. He was also ordered to pay £647 court costs.