A MAN threw almost 30g of cocaine out the window on the instructions of his sister’s boyfriend, Swindon Crown Court heard.

Luke Robinson and effective brother-in-law Rowell Bramble were being pursued by the police when the latter handed over a package and gave instructions for it to be jettisoned.

Unfortunately for the pair, eagle-eyed police officers spotted the drugs being thrown from the car. When the bag was later recovered it was found to contain 28g of cocaine.

Luke Robinson, now 23, was spared jail for his part in the enterprise with Judge Jason Taylor QC saying he had got involved out of naivety.

Swindon Crown Court heard Robinson knew Bramble as the latter was going out with his sister. He was aware the older man was a drug dealer.

On July 3, 2017, he was in a flat connected to his sister’s boyfriend. On a table he saw drugs and cash he believed belonged to the man.

Inside the flat with him was a drug addict, named in court only as Lauren. Wary of leaving the money, Robinson texted Bramble. He pocketed the cash so he could give it to his friend later on – but left the drugs.

The following day the pair swapped texts relating to Robinson’s nephew. And later that day he was in a car with his brother-in-law when police pulled up behind it.

Bramble gave the younger man a packet and told him to get rid of it.

Robinson, of Newhall Street, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine between July 2 and July 5, 2017.

Defending, Clare Evans said her client accepted involving himself with a drug dealer – but on a limited basis. Bramble was “a man thrust upon the family”, she said.

“He’s 23 now. It’s been nearly three years he’s had this hanging over him. It’s caused him significant concern, as it should.”

His life had moved on since he had been arrested. He was working and planned to move in with his girlfriend of eight months.

The probation service assessed him to be at low risk of committing other offences.

Judge Jason Taylor QC sentenced him to an 18-month community order with requirements to pay a £1,000 fine, £500 costs, complete 200 hours of community service and 15 rehabilitation activity days.

“It’s not the first time you have been in trouble. You have one conviction in 2016, but you were subject to a community order at the time of committing this offence,” he said.

“You were performing a limited function, certainly under direction on July 4. You got involved, in my judgement, through naivety. You had very little awareness if any of the scale of what you were doing.”