A TERRIFIED mum found hiding a drug dealer's stash in the bedroom of her Doncaster home has escaped a jail sentence.
Amanda Kathryn Davey had a rude awakening when she found a police officer standing over her bed armed with a search warrant for her house in Willow Crescent, Thorne, a court was told.
The search uncovered a locked safe in the wardrobe which contai
ned £1,500 of amphetamine sulphate and more was found in drawers.
When questioned the 39-year-old mother-of-two claimed she assumed it was a friend's holiday money in the safe but thought it had been giving off a funny smell, said Penny Stanistreet, prosecuting at Doncaster Crown Court.
Davey, who sobbed in the dock, pleaded guilty to charges of possession of amphetamine sulphate with intent to supply.
David Taylor, defending, said she had not dared inform police about the person who asked her to look after the safe because she feared violence and had received threats about what he would do to her children.
He said Davey had been using amphetamine herself because of her depression, obesity and mental problems rooted in a difficult childhood.
"This lady is extremely anxious and says she is entirely dependent on her children and if she is sent to prison everybody would suffer. She has ceased to use drugs for over a year now," said Mr Taylor.
Her relationship with the drug dealer who asked her to hide the safe was over.
Judge Jacqueline Davies, who read a psychological report into her emotional problems, told Davey: "Any offence involving drugs is a serious matter but because of the matters that I have been told about and because of your mental health I am going to take an exceptional course."
She imposed a 18 months community order with probation supervision and 80 hours of unpaid work.
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