A mum has labelled her son 'disgusting' after she was convinced to launder drug money for him whilst he was in jail. Valerie Doran, 54, has been found guilty of money laundering after a trial after texts showed her involvement in the scheme
Her son, Daniel Doran, was a prisoner at HMP Risley in Warrington when he became involved in drug smuggling between December 2021 and February 2022. Megan Woodham, a health worker in the jail, Kelsey Higgins, and John Butler, Daniel Doran’s cousin, were all also involved in the large-scale drug smuggling operation within the prison.
They were caught when Higgins was arrested while travelling home with 10kg of cocaine on January 8 last year, LiverpoolECHO reports. This had a street value of up to £1 million and sparked an investigation by Merseyside police with Butler's phone revealing texts between the co-conspirators.
