A SEX offender who went missing from police has been jailed for drug dealing.

Marcel Osei-Ababio, 20, was arrested by police in May last year in Highlands, Banbury, with 23 wraps of cocaine on his possession.

He was jailed for 15 months at Oxford Crown Court after being convicted of possession of class-A drug with intent to supply and breaching sexual offenders' register requirement.

The court heard Osei-Ababio, of New Cross in London, was convicted of indecent assault four years ago and moved to live with friends in Banbury last year without informing the authorities.