Suspended jail term for drug money conspirator

Monday 13th March 2006, 12:00AM GMT.

A WOMAN who banked bundle after bundle of £20 and £50 notes her butcher husband made by smuggling drugs in meat consignments was resentenced today.

Yvonne Edmond-O’Brien appeared before the Court of Appeal and was given a two-year suspended jail term.

She will also lose everything, including her home and all the money she has, under a confiscation order totalling more than £500,000.

The court took just five minutes to announce its intention not to jail her, after admitting it was a ‘very difficult and unusual’ case.

A full explanation of the ruling will be given on Friday morning.

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