Chantelle Jackson, 37, and her 34-year old partner Joshua Harrison were arrested in a drugs raid on the family home they share with their children in Poynton, Cheshire.
A mother-of-five who ran a drug racket with her boyfriend has been spared jail after a judge said she was 'scared to please' him and that her children 'depended on her.'
Sentencing Judge Patrick Thompson said Jackson had been acting as 'secretary' to Harrison after hearing claims she was 'scared to please' her boyfriend due to domestic abuse. 'It was a terrible risk to take with her liberty. She is in the dock with you facing a significant sentence and the question is whether appropriate punishment can only be achieved by immediate custody.
CCTV engineer Harrison was jailed for three years, while Jackson - who has one child with her boyfriend and four others from a previous relationship - was freed with two years imprisonment suspended for two years. Earlier, Jane Morris, prosecuting said: 'Miss Jackson was in a relationship with Joshua Harrison and it featured domestic abuse. This was not constant, but was enough to make her scared to please him.
'The weight of the cannabis was 14.4g, an estimated £110 to £150 worth. Their telephones were analysed and messages show that both defendants were in regular conversation within themselves about the sale of drugs. 'She seems to be directed by Mr Harrison, certainly to a degree, though she does not accept she was forced into it.One message from Harrison to Jackson referring to £120 that 'Adam' was said to have paid. She replied Adam had been paid in separate sums of £60, £30 and £30, and that there was '£1,360 in the tin'.
Jackson had no previous convictions. The couple are still thought to be together and were posting selfies on Facebook as recently as last week.
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