THE "privileged" son of a Labour frontbench MP has avoided prison after he was found with up to £2,500 worth of drugs at Dorset music festival Bestival.

Ishmael Osamor, whose mother Kate Osamor is the shadow secretary for international development, was caught with the large stash of class A drugs at Bestival in Lulworth last year.

He had 30g of ecstasy, 7.5g of cocaine as well as a significant quantity of ketamine and cannabis.

He was arrested on September 8 2017, two days before Louella Michie, daughter of actor John Michie, was found dead from an overdose of MDMA and ketamine at the same festival last year. There is no suggestion the two events are linked.

Osamor, 29, works in the House of Commons as his mother's communications director and is a councillor in north London. Ms Osamor, the MP for Edmonton, has previously criticised the government for its 'failed war on drugs'.

Her son admitted three offences of possession with intent to supply the MDMA (Class A), cocaine (Class A) and ketamine (Class B) and a fourth charge possession of cannabis when he appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on October 19.

But he avoided jail after his defence team persuaded the Crown Prosecution Service that he and friends clubbed together to buy and supply the drugs for themselves and he was not selling them.

He was told by a judge he was lucky not to receive a four year jail sentence. Instead Osamor will do 200 hours of unpaid work which "will make him appreciate how privileged he is."

A spokesman for Dorset Police said the value of the drugs was between £1,690 and £2,500.

Osamor's barrister, Mohsin Zaidi, told the judge: "He made a mistake, he knows he is very lucky."

Judge Stephen Climie said: "During unpaid work he will appreciate how privileged he is.

"He will end up rubbing shoulders with many who have serious addiction and drugs problems who will have had none of the opportunities he has had."

Judge Climie told Osamor: "This is an extremely serious case. These courts are dealing with the tragic loss of life at events of this nature every year, where young people take these drugs and it results in their death. Those are the risks people engage in.

"You're both old enough and intelligent enough to know that this was a risk you should never have been taking."

He sentenced Osamor to a two-year community order with 200 hours of unpaid work and up to 20 rehabilitation activity days, as well as £400 prosecution costs.