Drug Dealing Sisters Cry In Court After Illegal Parcels Were Delivered To Neighbour By Mistake
Two drug-dealing sisters from Manchester who sold cocaine, heroin and cannabis, were caught out after parcels of drugs were delivered to a neighbour by mistake.
Paris Connolly, 32, and Destiny Connolly, 26, ran the ‘Kyzer’ line over a number of months, sending out more than 2,000 flare messages advertising drugs for sale. Paris and Destiny?! Do they have a sister named Porsche too?
The sisters were busted after three vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis weighing a kilogram in total were inadvertently delivered to Paris’ neighbour. Amusingly, the neighbour handed one of the parcels to Paris, and gave the other two to police.
Destiny and her then-boyfriend Jack Harrison asked for the other two packages, but their neighbour very honestly informed them they had been handed to police. Harrison then became ‘aggressive’, claiming the parcels were worth £6,500 each and demanding either the money or the parcels.
He really should have been worrying about his imminent arrest instead, and sure enough, was soon in cuffs charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs; driving offences; and strangulation of a police officer. He was jailed for 6 years and 2 months.
Paris and Destiny were a lot more fortunate as it appears the judge took pity on them and accepted that they had been largely coerced by Harrison.
Reading from a number of characters testimonies and letters from the sisters, judge Recorder Michael Hayton KC said: “It is heartbreaking to read these documents. These two ladies pleaded guilty to some hugely serious offences.
“Some of the offences to which they have pleaded, you are talking about sentences of many years in custody. I could sentence them for five to six years and nobody could complain. They were being manipulated to an extent by Jack Harrison.
“Sending these two ladies to prison would cause upset and anxiety to young children and put them in contact with sophisticated criminals despite already being forced into this by Jack Harrison. So, what do I do?”
The sisters’ lawyer, Ellen Shaw, literally answered that question by suggesting the judge pass down suspended sentences, assuring that both women had been classed as being of low risk of reoffending by the probation service.
Surprisingly, the judge did exactly as she asked.
Sentencing the sisters to two years, suspended for two years, the judge said: “You were playing your part and an important part in a substantial drug operation. There are facts before me that would allow me to send you to prison for years – you are not going to go to prison today.”
Both women sobbed as the judge added: “The reason why I am not sending you to prison today is firstly your age and character. The second is that Jack Harrison, it is clear to me, is the prime mover.
“He coerced you to become involved. Those [messages] support the fact that Jack Harrison carried out domestic violence as part and parcel of the relationship. He is a bad man. Bad men beat you up, they hurt you and get you involved in offences.”
Both sisters were handed the suspended jail terms in addition to 100 hours unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days. It’s worth noting that Paris also has a prior conviction for cultivating a cannabis farm in 2017. I suppose she was coerced into that too?
Well listen, fair play to these girls and their lawyer especially for avoiding actual prison time despite holding substantial roles in this drug-dealing operation (aside from the prior conviction). I mean, these girls barely stood a chance when their parents named them Paris and Destiny, so what do you expect? They’re either going to end up stripping on stage or dealing drugs for their abusive boyfriends, and it turned out to be the latter.
Good job they didn’t Tweet anything horrible, I suppose. On your best behaviour from now on, ladies!
For the British mum who avoided jail after smuggling 20kg of cannabis from Bangkok to Germany, click HERE. Great time to be a drug-dealing female in the UK.
[h/t Manchester Evening News]
