A vulnerable drug addict bullied into dealing by a Liverpool gang tried to take an overdose, a court heard.
Helen Guthrie, 49, and fellow drug user Amy Kirsopp, 31, were both charged after supplying Class A drugs to an undercover police officer deployed to Berwick, Northumberland, to tackle drugs gangs. The case arose out of Operation Eclipse, a nationwide police operation tackling crimes linked to county lines dealing - where drugs gangs from bigger cities target small towns or rural areas.
Guthrie and Kirsopp appeared at Newcastle Crown Court to be sentenced for being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. The women had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing, Chronicle Live reports.
