A drug dealer who was caught with £640 of ecstasy at T in the Park has had his jail sentence cut on appeal.

Conor McAteer was sentenced to 28 months in prison last December after he was arrested at the festival in 2013.

The 23-year-old and co-accused Paul McGee were found to be in possession of 87 pills with intent to supply them at the festival's former site at Balado in Perthshire.

He had his case referred back to the High Court in Edinburgh after the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission found there had been a miscarriage of justice because his co-accused had his jail term reduced from 20 months to eight months.

Lady Dorrian found the "substantial disparity" between the sentences was not justified and cut McAteer's term from 28 months to one year in prison.

The judge said the position of McAteer, who had previously been admonished for carrying an offensive weapon in 2010, had "much improved" compared to when he committed the offence.

She added: "He had addressed his addiction problems and had attended college where he had taken out an HND in quantity surveying resulting in a conditional offer of a place at university which he would start in the third year of that course.

"He had supported himself with part-time jobs since the offence, including working in a bank and at the time of sentencing was working as an assistant manager in an electronic cigarette shop."

The judge also noted in her determination that during his eight months in jail, McAteer has "continued to study in prison to advance his prospects".