A MAN accused of drug supply at the Kendal Calling music festival has insisted he did not offer any substance illegally for sale.

Sammi Obaid, 25, is on trial at Carlisle Crown Court. He denies one charge alleging that he possessed a class C controlled drug - the anabolic steroid, methandienone - with intent to supply.

It is alleged that Obaid, at the Penrith festival on July 28, asked a security staff member: "Do you want to buy any pills?" The prosecution allege that he was trying to "pass off" the blue heart-shaped tablets in his possession as ecstasy.

But, giving evidence this morning (Tuesday), Obaid insisted that was not the case.

Keen on ice hockey, sport and fitness, he said he was part-way through a regular 10-a-day steroid cycle, and took the tablets - unlawful to supply but not possess - to the festival so his course could continue.

More than 200 tablets were found in his possession after he was detained.

However, Obaid stressed they were with a labelled bottle which had a medical note enclosed. He recalled they were seen when he entered the festival site by a police officer who told him: "You're good to go."

Obaid was asked by his lawyer whether he he offered any tablets for sale. "Absolutely not, and I want to make that crystal clear," he told the jury.

Asked whether he had made a sale offer of "four for £30", as alleged by the event employee, Obaid, of Heaton Royds, Shay Lane, Bradford, responded: "Not at all. Not at any point was a sale ever hinted at - at all."

The trial continues.