South Shields mother jailed for smuggling psychoactive drug into prison

Kirsty Wilson took 28.7g of the banned drug NSS, or "new psychoactive substance", into HMP Northumberland, where she was a visitor last September.

At Newcastle Crown Court the 29-year-old, of Masefield Drive, South Shields, pleaded guilty to conveying a prohibited article into prison.

Judge Robert Spragg sentenced her to three months behind bars.

Brian Hegarty, defending, told an earlier hearing Wilson has been out of trouble for more than 10 years and has had children since then.