A grandmother with over 100 previous jail convictions has been "ravaged" by drug addiction, a court was told, as she was put behind bars for selling heroin and crack cocaine.
Gran-of-six Heather Bailey, who lost her home and job due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was handed a jail term after flooding the streets with heroin and crack cocaine".
A court heard how an image of Bailey, aged just 58, before she became addicted to harmful substances showcased the way in which drugs could ravage someone in the grip of addiction, as reported by Birmingham Live.
Derby Crown Court was informed of how Bailey, who lost her managerial position at a warehouse following the impact of the coronavirus crisis and relapsed back into drug addiction, was stopped by the police in April 2021.
Packages containing heroin and cocaine were found in a sock she was wearing in her car, while a search of her home also found more of the drugs. Mobile phones, money and scales were also seized as part of the raid.
The drugs were worth £4,000 on the street, with Bailey dealing to about ten people.
Bailey, of Wyggeston Street, Burton, was one of four who were part of "The Marley Line", which helped move the class A drugs into Burton and Derby.
She appeared alongside Omar Malik, Akaash Hasham, Akeel Saleem - all from Derby.
Bailey, who has 110 previous convictions, admitted possession with intent to supply class A drugs and possession of a knife.
She has a long history of drug addiction, which had begun when she was introduced to heroin by an ex-partner at the age of 17.
Carl Temple-Vasey, defending Bailey, said she managed to turn her life around and get clean in 2009.
But she "became desperate" after losing her job and her home due to the impact of Covid and she fell back into using drugs.
Recorder Justin Wigoder said he could not overlook the "sheer quantity of drugs she had on her and at her address."
Malik, 30, of Littleover, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine and was sentenced to three years.
Hasham, 30, of Derby, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs and was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Saleem, 21, of Normanton, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs and was sentenced to two years in prison.
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