A BODYBUILDING bouncer jailed for dealing drugs has been released just weeks into his sentence.

Michael O’Hanlon was sentenced to seven months behind bars last month after admitting to supplying class C drugs.

But the Times can reveal O’Hanlon has appealed against his sentence and has been released after serving just six weeks.

The 44-year-old has appealed against his sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh and has been granted bail whilst he awaits his hearing.

O’Hanlon was arrested after police raided his in Barclay Gardens at 5.30pm on November 22, last year and recovered 1,287 diazepam tablets along with a number of small paper envelopes and just over £3,000 in cash.

O’Hanlon and his wife were present throughout the search, at the end of which he told her: “You’ve nothing to worry about. It’s all mine.” He pled guilty to being concerned in the supply of class C drugs to others at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court in August, when the street value of the tablets recovered was said to be £650.

The court heard that O’Hanlon, a keen bodybuilder, spent a lot of his time in the gym and had been taking a lot of supplements containing large amounts of caffeine.

As this kept him awake at night, he fell into the habit of taking diazepam to help him sleep, taking at least ten tablets at a time after working out.

As a result, he’d begun buying the pills in bulk, first for his own personal use, but eventually sharing them among friends.

His lawyer, Mr McCulloch, said money had never changed hands, though O’Hanlon accepted he had been supplying to others.

The £3,000 in cash was said to have come from O’Hanlon selling his car privately, and hadn’t been deposited in the bank because he was going through insolvency.

Mr McCulloch told the court: “He’s already lost a lot. His wife is in the process of leaving him. There were already tensions in the relationship, but her job meant she was even more displeased by his conduct, as it jeopardised her employment.” O’Hanlon was also said to be set to lose his own employment as head door steward at a Glasgow nightclub.

However Sheriff Murphy had no sympathy and sentenced him to seven months imprisonment.

But O’Hanlon is now appealing that sentence on the grounds that the sentence was too harsh and his mitigating circumstances and his previous good character were not taken into account.

He was granted bail, pending the outcome of his appeal.