A dad branded 'extremely stupid' gave his teenage daughter drugs in what a judge called 'a complete inversion of the parent-child relationship'.
A court was told the 45-year-old believed the 15-year-old would be 'safer' taking them with him, rather than with her friends.
But the judge blasted a 'grossly serious, dangerous, and inappropriate thing to do' and called it 'a colossally stupid way to behave'.
He's escaped jail after pleading guilty to child cruelty and possession of amphetamine. Police were alerted after the girl's mother noticed her daughter had 'eyes like saucers' when she came home following access visits to her ex-husband's home in Farnworth, near Bolton, the town's crown court was told.
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