The mother of ecstasy victim Robbie Day has spoken of her anger after the man who supplied her son with the drug that killed him was spared jail for a third time.

Tristan Wilcox, 35, was given a suspended sentence in February after he was found with thousands of pounds worth of cannabis which he was selling to fund his cocaine habit.

Within weeks he failed to comply with the order and Judge Douglas Field told him if it happened again there would be no second chance and he would go to prison.

But when Wilcox again missed appointments, instead of activating the sentence, last week a judge at Swindon Crown Court ordered him to carry out unpaid work.

Judge Tim Mousley QC removed the drug rehabilitation requirement to tackle his addiction and told him he must do 150 hours of unpaid work for the community and pay £40 costs.

Mr Day’s mum, Elaine Barron, of Pewsham, Chippenham, said: “I am disgusted that Tristan has just been allowed to keep breaking the law and he’s never going to be punished for it, because that’s not a punishment.

“The law’s a farce. The judge said the last time, if you come before me again you’ll go inside, and still he hasn’t sent him.

“Where’s my Robbie’s second chance? He’ll never get one.”

Wilcox told the court he had missed meetings because of work commitments and had problems with his phone after moving house.

The judge warned him: “The suspended sentence remains in force hanging above your head and if you fail to do the unpaid work the suspended sentence will be activated. If you breach the unpaid work, this really is your last chance, you will go to prison.”

He was sentenced for possession with intent to supply of almost £2,500 worth of cannabis that police found stashed in his microwave.

They discovered it when searching his home in June last year on the day Mr Day, 35, died of multiple organ failure after taking ecstacy with Wilcox. Wilcox was evicted from the flat in River Parade, Chippenham, by landlord GreenSquare Housing a year later.

At an inquest into Mr Day’s death, Wilcox said in a statement: “It was me who got the drugs for Robbie and I blame myself for his death. I got him the drugs but he took them of his own free will.”

Wilcox has not faced charges in relation to that. Mrs Barron believes this is wrong and said she will submit a complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.