Mum, 34, peddled cocaine from the home she lives in with her three daughters... but avoids jail as court is told she's made 'good progress'
05.07.2023 - 09:39
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum who peddled cocaine and cannabis from her family home has walked free after a judge ruled her three daughters would suffer 'significant harm' if she went to prison.
Ashley Tymon, from Wigan, had been facing up to seven years behind bars after she used her family home as a narcotics trafficking base from where sold drugs to fund her own habit, a court heard. The 34-year-old carried out her squalid offending in the presence of her daughters, aged 14, 10 and seven.
But she claimed it would be too much of a 'burden' on her frail and elderly parents to look after the girls if she was locked up. She also claimed to be a previous victim of domestic violence, warned there was no father figure to care for the youngsters and insisted she was no longer hooked on drugs and instead 'focused' on her children.
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At Bolton Crown Court, a judge handed her a suspended jail term. Her ex-partner Jordan Paton, 27, and his brother Scott Paton, 23, who lived next door with his mother, were also given suspended jail terms for their involvement in the drug dealing.
Kate Walden, prosecuting, told the court how Tymon was arrested in October 2021 after police carried out drug raids on her home and at the Patons' property next door. Ms Walden said: "At his home, Scott Paton was present and his mobile phone was seized.
"Next door, Jordan Paton and Ashley Tymon were found upstairs in separate bedrooms and both were detained. In the kitchen, officers seized 49 wraps of cannabis, electronic scales, £30 cash, two bags of white powder, a mobile phone belonging to Ashley Tymon, A5 writing pads containing lists.
"Ashley Tymon admitted being involved in