A CONVICTED cannabis dealer is being hauled back to court after making a disrespectful suggestion about a judge on Facebook.

Hours earlier Daniel Sledden along with his 22-year-old brother Samuel and father William, walked free from court after being given a suspended sentence.

They had admitted trading in cannabis from their homes in Hopwood Street, Accrington.

After being released from the dock Sledden, 27, posted a message on his Facebook site, mocking Judge Beverley Lunt, who had given them a second chance.

In the post he expressed his luck at receiving a suspended sentence rather than three years in jail. He then made a derogatory remark involving Judge Lunt.

Court officials have now confirmed that Daniel and Samuel Sledden have been ordered to return to the dock on Tuesday for a review of their sentence.

The Lancashire Telegraph understands that Judge Lunt, the resident judge at Burnley, has been made aware of the social media comments.

Sledden was caught with his father and brother with cannabis stashes on at least three occasions.

The comment from his Facebook had been removed last night and he had posted a public apology to Judge Lunt.

He said in the post: “I want to say how sorry I am for what I wrote about Judge Lunt and my sentence.

“I was very lucky not to be sent to prison. I want to say sorry to Judge Lunt and to anyone else who was upset or offended by my thoughtless post, which I didn’t mean.”

During his appearance in court, Sledden’s barrister said his client still had a drugs problem but was now employed as a maintenance worker on industrial estates around East Lancashire and wanted to go straight.

The two brothers received two-year prison sentences, each suspended for two years, when they appeared before Judge Lunt, having pleaded guilty to a charge of being concerned in the supply of cannabis between May and September 2014.

And their 45-year-old father, who was blasted by Judge Lunt for allowing his sons to deal drugs from his home, was given an eight-month term, suspended for 12 months.

During the case, Judge Lunt said she had been persuaded not to send the three family members to prison because it was clear police must have been watching their home for 14 or 15 months and it was apparent they had not returned to drug dealing.

The trio were convicted of cannabis dealing through a series of text messages, between themselves and customers, which police had recovered from mobile phones.