A college student from Kidderminster who described local drug prices as stupid, set up his own ecstasy and cannabis supply business to keep him "ticking over".

Police found Max Hardwick, 21, with a stash of the drugs in his car parked at Wolverley Memorial Hall.

He confessed to selling drugs outside clubs and pubs in the area and was jailed for two years.

Asked whether he realised it was illegal, he said: "I don't care. I hate the British legal system and I hate England," prosecutor Paul Whitfield told Worcester Crown Court.

Hardwick, of The Croft, Lowe Lane, Kidderminster, pleaded guilty to five offences of supplying ecstasy and cannabis and possession of cannabis with intent to supply.

He parked his car in the early hours of April 25 and showed a 19-year-old friend an 82gm block of cannabis.

The friend had bought two ecstasy tablets from him two days before, said Mr Whitfield.

Hardwick, who was working part-time as a barman while studying sociology and psychology, was arrested after police drove onto the car park. They seized the cannabis and five ecstasy tablets. Hardwick admitted selling cannabis for three weeks and ecstasy for about three days.

He regarded it as a business because he was at "rock bottom" and needed to make money to keep his car on the road.

He had been offered a place on a four-year philosophy course at university but would have to put it on hold for a year, said Alan Parker, defending.

He was frank to police and almost displayed a sense of bravado. But his attitudes showed a man who had not grown up. He was a small-time player in the drug business and was not involved in a sophisticated enterprise.

"He is going to have to work very hard in jail to maintain his studies and persuade the authorities to give him a chance," added Mr Parker.

"Hopefully he can learn from his unhappy experience."