An asylum seeker who went on the run from the Bibby Stockholm barge has been avoided a prison sentence after being convicted of his second drug offence.
Kenson Noel, 30, came to the UK after fleeing gangs in Trinidad and Tobago.
He was sent to live on the migrant barge in Portland, Dorset, in May last year but when he arrived he was found to have 6.5g of cannabis on him - as well as a set of scales, bags and £800 in cash.
As he was put in handcuffs, he bit a Portland Port police officer on the elbow.
Noel was later convicted of possessing cannabis but failed to turn up at his sentencing hearing and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
