Mum who lived 'extravagant' lifestyle funded by crime avoids jail after judge says her drug dealer boyfriend 'ruined her life'
A mum who lived an 'extravagant' lifestyle funded by her drug boss boyfriend avoided jail as a judge told her the career criminal had 'ruined her life'. Georgia Harkness, 27, began a relationship with Salford drug dealer Ashley Blackett after they met in prison, while he was serving time and she worked as a prison nurse.
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She bought him expensive designer clothes and he paid for gifts which he sent her, prosecutor Joe Allman said. She was also involved in money laundering by transferring funds into different accounts, he said. Steroids worth £2,000 were also found during the search. Harkness was arrested in July 2020. She refused to tell the police her PIN but they independently gained access to it.
Her mother said that if Harkness had not met Blackett she 'would never have become involved in illegal activity', the court heard. But the judge told the defendant: "You must have recognised that what you were doing was wrong.
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