Woman has jail term cut by 7 months due to pregnancy

A cocaine dealer who didn't tell her advocate she was pregnant has had her jail sentence cut by seven months.

Last November, Natasha Hayley Madden of Desmesne Road in Douglas was jailed for 43 months after police found £345 worth of the class A drug with dealing paraphernalia including a cutting agent.

However, she appealed - revealing she'd fallen pregnant in September but hadn't told the court or her legal representative at the time because she was embarrassed.

In their judgement, Judge of Appeal Storey and Deemster Montgomerie said although having a child isn't a get-out-of-jail-free card, they agreed her sentence should be cut to 36 months.