Doctor who helped sell ketamine to Matthew Perry avoids prison time

Matthew Perry starred in Friends (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death has been sentenced to eight months of home confinement.

Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included three years of supervised release to 55-year-old Dr Mark Chavez in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles.