A MAN has pleaded guilty to supplying drugs to his own daughter that led to her being taken to hospital.

The 41-year-old, of O’Hare, Bonhill, admitted supplying diazepam to the 15-year-old on March 15, 2019.

He had been charged with supplying a second girl, 15, but the Crown amended the charge before he pleaded guilty at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on August 4.

The man cannot be named to protect the identify of his daughter.

Before his plea, the man answered his mobile phone in the court and police took it away.

Sheriff Maxwell Hendry questioned the accused’s sobriety when he later appeared in the dock.

The man’s solicitor, Brian McGuire, said he was the one who had called his client.

Fiscal depute Laura Wilcox told the court the man’s daughter had reconnected with him after being removed from him as a child.

The girl, along with the second 15-year-old and a third person, had gone to the father’s home to consume alcohol.

She was later unsure how many tablets she took, but remembered her father handing them to her.

Ms Wilcox said it was also unknown how many tablets the second girl took, but she later collapsed at the bottom of stairs and she was described as in and out of consciousness.

At 7.15pm that day, an emergency call was made about a 15-year-old girl having taken alcohol and drugs.

She was treated by paramedics and both girls were taken to the hospital.

When police spoke to the father, he insisted he had not given drugs to the second girl.

Mr McGuire said there was a “considerable background” to the case.

Sheriff Hendry called for a social work enquiry report and restriction of liberty assessment.

He said: “I’m sure you don’t need me to say this but it’s a serious matter.

“It would be quite easy to see how this could have appeared at a different court on a different charge.

“I think every conceivable sentencing option is open.”

The man continues to be on bail until his sentencing on September 1.