A mum-of-two stored heroin and crack cocaine at her house for her ex. Chantelle Pridding's home was raided by cops from GMP's Serious Organised Crime Unit in April 2021.
Eagle eyed officers spotted a loose panel in the 42-year-old's kitchen. Inside was a black bag containing a loaded gun, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Police later found a black Emporio Armani bag in a locked cupboard. "Inside, there were quantities of class A drugs and drug paraphernalia including digital scales and snapbags," prosecutor Helena Williams said.
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There were 121 grams of crack cocaine and two cling-filmed packages of both crack and heroin in more than 100 separate wraps. The substances were valued at an estimated £90,050.
Analysis of Pridding's phone revealed messages to Leon Reinertsen, with discussions about her house being used to store the drugs on his behalf.
"There is evidence of a sexual relationship between the pair," Ms Williams added. Reinertsen was jailed in April last year for possession of the gun and ammunition after his DNA was traced on the 100-year-old revolver.
Mitigating for Pridding, who had one previous conviction for a dissimilar matter, Brendan O'Leary said his client lost her home and her job following her arrest. She was a victim of domestic violence and controlling behaviour at the hands of Reinertsen, the court heard.
"He used her vulnerabilities and her past experience in a way that allowed him to manipulate their relationship to the extent she felt she had to let him do what he wanted," Mr O'Leary said. This was a dysfunctional, toxic relationship, and she was the vulnerable party."
He said Priddings has since found stable accommodation and work as a cleaner. Sentencing her, Judge Hilary Manley said: "You were in a relationship with a male, which he instigated, a relationship in which you were vulnerable and subject to coercive, controlling and humiliating behaviour by that individual.
"Against that background you allowed your home to be used by that individual for his supply of class A drugs." Pridding, of Eccles, Salford, was made the subject of a 12-month community order; and told to complete 12 days of rehabilitation activity requirement days.
She previously pleaded guilty to two offences of permitting premises to be used in the supply of class A drugs.
