Drug lord’s fiancée avoids jail after becoming pregnant with his child

Chloe Wishart, 25, and drug lord Peter Kelly, 30, from Southport, made thousands of pounds in a county trafficking ring selling crack cocaine in Aberdeen

The fiancée of a drug dealer, who helped him sell crack cocaine and make thousands of pounds in a county drug ring, has avoided jail after it was revealed she was pregnant. before sentencing.

Chloe Wishart, 25, lives in Southport with drug lord Peter Kelly, 30, and they have made several 700-mile round trips from her home in Merseyside to Aberdeen, reports Echoes of Liverpool.

Wishart hid packages of crack cocaine on her person before going with Kelly, who would deliver to drug addicts on the street.

Both were arrested in July 2020 during a police raid as they got off the train in Wigan, Greater Manchester.

Wishart has a £1,990 bill wrapped in food wrap while Kelly owns £5,000 made from street sales.

Investigations revealed that Wishart had previous convictions for obstructing police and having a knife after she tried to stop police from stopping and searching for Kelly.

He previously spent more than three years in prison after being caught selling heroin, cocaine and cannabis in South Wales.

At Bolton Crown Court, Wishart faces seven years in prison under sentencing guidelines after she admitted to being involved in the supply of cocaine and money laundering.

However, she was released with a two-year suspended prison sentence for two years after it was revealed she was 13 weeks pregnant with Kelly’s child.

Kelly, who appeared via video link from Forest Bank prison in Salford, has been jailed for 44 months for the same offense and was seen cheering and waving as the sentencing was passed for both.

Wishart was seen smiling brightly outside the courthouse as she appeared with her supporters.

The couple first appeared in court in December but have yet to say when Kelly will be remanded in custody.

Sentencing judge Tom Gilbart told Wishart: ”This is a persistent drug trade that in many cases involves trips to another country and the courts need to take this seriously. But there have been changes in your circumstances.

” I accept that you were affected by your relationship with Peter Kelly and that you were judged as naive and lacking in self-respect and this appeared to be the focus of your insult. You are also in the first trimester of pregnancy and are faced with the prospect of giving birth in prison and then being separated from your little one.

” You were drawn in by your immaturity and lack of sophistication, You were led by a partner with more experience in crime than you. The most pressing feature of palliation is that you are a mother-to-be and immediate custody will have a significant harmful effect on you and your child. ”

Earlier, prosecutor Miss Betsy Hindle said the pair were arrested following a police surveillance operation by Merseyside and Greater Manchester Police against drug trafficking rings at train stations. .

The officers smelled marijuana and stopped and searched the defendants. Three packages of cash wrapped in food wrap were found in her bag as well as a Nokia and iPhone along with a train ticket from Aberdeen to Preston.

Kelly was discovered with seven packages of cash also wrapped in food wrap stored in a JD sports bag. During the search Kelly said; ”There’s a lot of things, I’m working on. The officers also found a black cell phone, as well as receipts from stores in Aberdeen.

While waiting to be driven to the police station, he said: ”This is not hers – this is all mine. The phones were analyzed and a Wishart device displayed 24,000 pages of messages. ”

The police focused on Wishart’s text messages to Kelly’s phone, which she called ”My Lips Yunno” in her contact book.

Ms Hindle added: ”They were discussing various drug deals and police discovered they had previously gone to Aberdeen on June 5, stayed for two hours and returned that evening.

” They discussed the drug trade using drug slang and there were a lot of messages between them about going to Aberdeen. One message mentioned how much ice she could ‘slug’ and Kelly said he needed nine. In one exchange, he told her she would be picked up and made sure she was wearing pants.

”She was a willing participant and there was no pressure on her to participate. She has repeatedly hidden drugs from her people at Kelly’s request but without any reluctance on her part. There was no evidence of threat or any pressure and he recruited her to Scotland several times. “

To provide relief for Wishart, defense attorney Tom Watson said: ”She did not seek to minimize her actions or place the blame elsewhere. As far as she said, there is a very serious element of misplaced or confused loyalty.

”She is extremely innocent and extremely immature and there are things that can help her. This process has forced her to mature, and she knows that she won’t necessarily expect to leave the door she entered.

”She was a very scared and worried young woman but went to court determined to face what she was going to face. It is clear that she acted under a considerable degree of direction and control. Her understanding of what she was doing was clouded by immaturity. Her baby is due in August. She showed a degree of courage and fortitude as she reassured the court that she could very well be rehabilitated. “

Wishart is also required to complete a 40-day Rehabilitation Activity Request and will be electronically tagged for four months under a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew.