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Mark Naylor & Will Maule

Mum spared jail after judge discovers she is living on street in tent

A mum has narrowly escaped prison on drug charges after the court heard she was living in a tent.

Leanna Hutchison, 34, was facing jail for breaching a suspended sentence for possession of crack cocaine. But when Judge Mark Bury heard that she had been living in a tent for the past two months, he had compassion on her.

Judge Bury told Hutchison he was giving her "another chance" after discovering she was living in a tent. 

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