A woman who enjoyed a luxury lifestyle, funded by selling heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis, had her drug empire 'unravel before her very eyes' when police pulled her over in her Audi for speeding.
"A group message was sent out by Danielle Stafford advertising a list of the types of cannabis she has to sell and their prices," said Mr Bashir. Other group messages advertising sales were sent out, the court heard. Police found further bags of cannabis on her, including a food bag containing cannabis skunk and, from a pocket, another food bag containing cannabis skunk. The car was searched and a carrier bag of cannabis skunk was found behind the driver's seat as well as an empty tub containing drug residue. The total value of the cannabis was £1,308.
Her three-bedroom end-terrace home in Cottingham was searched after police forced entry. A glass jar with plastic bags inside was found hidden behind a bag of coal bricks in a coal bunker in the rear garden. There were 270 wraps of crack cocaine, valued at £13,500, and 205 wraps of heroin, valued at £4,100, in the jar. Stafford denied knowledge of them.
Stafford had bought her Cottingham home in March 2016 for £124,999 in her sole name with a mortgage and a property in Hotham Road South in July 2018 without a mortgage for £68,500 in equal shares with her aunt. Stafford paid the "lion's share" of £64,927 from cashing in premium bonds and she told police that she bought it to rent out.