Woman admits bringing drugs into Shropshire's Stoke Heath prison
A mother-of-two has admitted taking Class B drugs and two mobile phones into Shropshire's only jail, where her partner was a prisoner.
Victoria Seymour pleaded guilty to two charges of taking the prohibited items into HMP Stoke Heath, near Market Drayton, when she appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court.
Mr David Swinnerton, representing Seymour, said the plea had been made on the basis that she was told to commit the crime by a man she was frightened of and was not going to make any gain for herself. He told the court the 35-year-old had claimed the man, whom she knew was a drug dealer, had come to her home the day before she visited the prison in June last year.
The court heard that her partner was a prisoner in Stoke Heath at that time.
Mr Swinnerton said Seymour claimed the man handed her two packages and told her to take them to her partner in prison.
