A County Durham couple have avoided prison after a child was hospitalised for ingesting cannabis vaping liquid and cocaine.
The child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons due to a court order being imposed, had to be taken into intensive care for 24 hours at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary after ingesting the liquid, which contained cannabis, in January last year. Following tests, it was discovered that the child also had a by-product of cocaine in it's system.
Jordan Wilson, 24, and Njabulo Buthelezi, 21, appeared at Durham Crown Court facing a charge of child neglect and possessing a controlled drug of class B. Wilson was also charged with possessing an electronic stun device. The couple, who are from the Consett area, pleaded guilty to the charges at a previous hearing.
