Mum, 37, in pink unicorn onesie took over house to deal crack cocaine

A mum who wore a pink unicorn onesie was found inside a vulnerable woman's home she had taken over to deal drugs. Gita Fritdenberga was previously part of a gang which flooded the streets of Sefton, Liverpool with heroin and crack cocaine.

After serving a prison sentence for those crimes, the 37-year-old, of Princes Road, Toxteth, claimed she tried to turn her life around for her child. But after the death of her boyfriend in jail, and losing her job at a Liverpool hotel, she moved to Warrington, and soon started dealing again.

Liverpool Crown Court heard police raided a three-storey house in Thorneycroft Drive, just after midday, on March 9 this year. Jonathan Rogers, prosecuting, said the occupier was "largely bedridden" after a car crash in 2018 and lived mostly on the top floor.

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He said the woman, who the ECHO has chosen not to name, had a colostomy bag fitted and required daily help. Mr Rogers said: "At the time of the offences she did not feel she had control over her house, with people bringing their friends, who would stay. She comments she would struggle to get rid of them. The prosecution simply say this was a case of cuckooing."

"Cuckooing" refers to the practice of criminals taking over vulnerable people's homes to use as a base for activity related to drug supply. It takes the name from cuckoos who take over the nests of other birds.

Mr Rogers said when officers entered the house they found Fritdenberga sitting in a lounge "wearing a pink unicorn onesie". Mr Rogers said she appeared "fidgety and on edge" and was placed in a bedroom, while her mobile phone received notifications.

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