Drug dealer's fiancée who helped run county lines racket avoids jail after falling pregnant with his child just weeks before her sentencing

A drug dealer's fiancee who helped him run a county lines trafficking racket has been spared jail after announcing she had become pregnant with his child - just weeks before she was due to be sentenced.

Bride-to-be Chloe Wishart, 25, and Peter Kelly, also 25, were arrested in July 2020 in a police swoop as they got off a train in Wigan.

Wishart concealed rocks of crack cocaine about her person before travelling 350 miles with Kelly to deal the items to addicts on the street.

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Wishart had a wad of £1990 in bank notes wrapped in cling-film whilst Kelly was in possession of £5000 made from street dealing.

The couple made thousands of pounds by making multiple 700 mile round trips from their home on Berwick Avenue, Southport, to Aberdeen in Scotland.

Inquiries revealed Wishart she had a previous conviction for obstructing police and having a knife after she tried to stop police carrying out a stop and search on Kelly. He had previously been to prison for over three years after he was caught dealing heroin, cocaine and cannabis in South Wales.

At Bolton Crown Court, Wishart faced up to seven years jail under sentencing guidelines after she admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possessing criminal property but was freed with a two years imprisonment suspended for two years after revealing she was now 13 weeks pregnant with Kelly's child.

Kelly, who appeared via video link from Forest Bank jail in Salford, was jailed for 44 months for the same offences and was seen to whoop, cheer and wave his hands in celebration as sentencing was passed on both of them.

Wishart was seen to grin widely outside court as she emerged with her