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A woman who ran a marijuana and drug dealing operation to fund her luxurious has actually been purchased to pay back ₤ 100,000.

Danielle Stafford, 31, from Hallgate, Cottingham, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in April 2023 after pleading guilty to 3 offences.

Before Hull Crown Court, she confessed to being worried in supplying heroin, crack drug and cannabis, and another of possessing cash as criminal residential or commercial property on dates spanning October 2017 and May 2020.

The former University of Hull graduate made a lot cash from selling drugs that she sprinkled out on nine high-end watches, 3 Louis Vuitton purses and even a 2nd house.

The case resurfaced today as the court determined just how much cash Stafford made from criminal activities - and how much she would be ordered to pay back.

With Stafford going to the hearing through a video link from prison, district attorney Nadim Bashir verified a criminal benefit figure had actually been agreed at ₤ 96,263.

She has actually been ordered to pay this amount within 3 months or face another year of prison time, to be served consecutively.

During the original trial, it was exposed that Stafford was captured by pure opportunity when she was stopped for speeding and officers could smell marijuana originating from her silver Audi on May 12, 2020.

Danielle Stafford (imagined) was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in April 2023 after pleading guilty to three offenses

The 31-year-old from Hallgate, Cottingham, confessed to being worried in supplying heroin, fracture drug and cannabis, and another of possessing cash as criminal residential or commercial property

When questioned about the odor, Stafford 'immediately lied', informing police: 'I'll be truthful, I've got this' and turned over a small silver wrap containing 2 buds of marijuana skunk.

Police went onto find more drugs on her consisting of two food bags including cannabis skunk.

On the way to the police headquarters, Stafford was seen 'fidgeting' with her running bottoms and she was asked if she had anymore drugs concealed.

She stated: 'Yes, however it's not mine and I do not understand what it is. I pushed it down my joggers when you pulled me.'

Stafford took out a bag including drug. There were 56 wraps of fracture drug, valued at ₤ 2,800.

An iPhone was also discovered with drug messages on it.

'From the minute of seizure of the drugs to the arrival in the police headquarters custody suite, the mobile iPhone was constantly sounding and receiving messages from different individuals,' stated Mr Bashir. 'Some 30 call were gotten and 10 to 20 text.'

After requiring entry, officers discovered ₤ 26,917 money stowed away around her three-bedroom home in Cottingham and drugs with a street worth of ₤ 33,600.

Stafford has been ordered to pay ₤ 96,263 within 3 months or face another year of jail time, to be served consecutively

Police later on discovered ₤ 26,917 cash stashed around her home and drugs with a street value of ₤ 33,600

Woman drugs kingpin, 29, who delighted in life of luxury with Louis Vuitton handbags and vacations was caught when police pulled over her Audi - and found ₤ 60,000 stash of money and drugs

She also had high-end products consisting of 9 watches and three costly Louis Vuitton purses, Hull Crown Court heard.

A glass jar with plastic drugs bags inside it was found hidden behind a bag of coal bricks in the rear garden.

There, officers found 270 covers of fracture drug, valued at ₤ 13,500, and 205 wraps of heroin, valued at ₤ 4,100, in the container. Stafford denied understanding of them.

In the living-room, herbal marijuana, valued at ₤ 2,500, was found in an open, empty banana box on a table. She rejected that it came from her.

Two glass containers were discovered to include marijuana valued at ₤ 370. Police likewise found weighing scales, a big amount of cash and more food bags. She confessed that this came from her.

In Stafford's bedroom, natural cannabis and Ecstasy tablets were found along with wads of money Wads of money.

More money, amounting to ₤ 7,580, was found in a safe but she denied that it was hers.

Three Louis Vuitton bags and 9 watches were uncovered. She admitted that these were hers but pretended the designer items were phony or had actually simply been given to her by relative from their vacations to locations like Turkey and Spain.

A phone continuously called with 30 calls or pinged with up to 20 drug messages after Stafford was detained

In an upstairs box room, money packages of ₤ 9,100, ₤ 1,668, ₤ 550, ₤ 700, ₤ 1,110, ₤ 165, ₤ 190 and ₤ 91 were found.

Examination of Stafford's savings account revealed a string of high-end vacations had been taken.

Mr Bashir said this was 'proof of an extra stream of money income' apart from her monthly wages from working for Swift Group.

Stafford had actually bought her Cottingham home in March 2016 for ₤ 124,999 with a mortgage and a residential or commercial property in Hotham Road South in July 2018 without a mortgage for ₤ 68,500 in equivalent show her auntie.

Stafford paid the 'lion's share' of ₤ 64,927 from cashing in premium bonds and she informed authorities that she bought it to rent out.

'Even with rental or accommodations allowances, neither residential or commercial property was able to provide any significant income source to validate the money discovered in your house,' stated Mr Bashir.

During police interview, Stafford declared that a Liverpudlian guy had been remaining with her on and off and that he had actually phoned her to say that he had left something at her address.

When she got home, there was a large amount of marijuana and, when he asked her to take it to him, she said that she did not feel comfy doing so.

Hull Crown Court heard that Stafford had a long-running 'additional money earnings stream'

She claimed that he asked her to bring a bag of drugs and, in a panic, she grabbed it and was driving to fulfill him when she was stopped by police.

Stafford rejected that she or the lad were dealing drugs but later on confessed that she would drive to Liverpool and bring him back to Hull.

She rejected understanding of any of the large quantities of cash discovered around her home, claiming that she cared for it for the guy, consisting of keeping it for him in her own bed room - apart from ₤ 2,350 which belonged to her.

'She said that the money in the safe had absolutely nothing to do with her and all the other cash came from the lad,' stated Mr Bashir.

The prosecutor told the court that Stafford was an 'enthusiastic' marijuana dealer and advanced to ending up being a Class A cocaine dealer.

'She had actually in some way handled to prevent her drug dealing activities pertaining to the attention of the police for a substantial time period,' said Mr Bashir.

'The natural outcome of this was that she had the ability to build up a considerable amount of wealth, including buying a financial investment residential or commercial property, a house to rent. Cash discovered in her home address totaled up to ₤ 26,917.

'The contents of her home address in Hallgate, Cottingham, is strong proof of the nature of her drugs organization. The quantity, type and worth of drugs discovered at her home were significant. The drugs alone were street valued at ₤ 33,600. This is sustained drug dealing.'
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She claimed that the majority of the pricey items that were discovered were not designer however were phony or had simply been offered to her by member of the family from their holidays

During the 2023 hearing, Saleema Mahmood, mitigating, said that Stafford was dealing cannabis but claimed that her involvement in Class A dealing happened due to her association with an individual from Liverpool.

She argued that proof of any Class A dealing was very and originated from 2 sets of messages.

The lawyer claimed there was a component of naivety and exploitation in Stafford's involvement and she had little impact on those above her in the chain.
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Stafford also stated that her family was in the practice of keeping large quantities of money at home, rather than in a bank, which she was entrusted to look after it for others as she was seen as being a 'responsible' individual who might be 'trusted' with money.

The court were revealed referrals from previous employers and informed that Stafford had attempted to get work and had actually volunteered.