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| Lawyer jailed for smuggling drug | Lawyer jailed for smuggling drug |
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| A solicitor has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for smuggling cannabis in her bra for a client in custody. | A solicitor has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for smuggling cannabis in her bra for a client in custody. |
| Daniela Scotece, of Sheridan Way, Nottingham, tried to smuggle £15-worth of the drug in her underwear. | Daniela Scotece, of Sheridan Way, Nottingham, tried to smuggle £15-worth of the drug in her underwear. |
| The 31-year-old admitted a charge of possessing the drug with intent to supply at an earlier hearing at Derby Crown Court. | The 31-year-old admitted a charge of possessing the drug with intent to supply at an earlier hearing at Derby Crown Court. |
| Scotece hid it as she went to meet Emmanuel Samuels, 22, at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 31 August 2006. | Scotece hid it as she went to meet Emmanuel Samuels, 22, at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 31 August 2006. |
| Samuels, who is currently serving a prison sentence for another drugs offence, admitted aiding, abetting, counselling and procuring Scotece to possess the cannabis with intent to supply. | Samuels, who is currently serving a prison sentence for another drugs offence, admitted aiding, abetting, counselling and procuring Scotece to possess the cannabis with intent to supply. |
| Calls monitored | |
| The lawyer has since lost her job as result of the court case. | |
| A call by the convicted drug dealer to Scotece was picked up by authorities monitoring calls at Leicester Prison last August. | |
| He gave her the message, "Make sure my daughter is wrapped up tight when you take her to bed". | |
| A few days later, when his solicitor visited him in custody at Bridewell police suite at Nottingham Magistrates, a sniffer dog detected drugs - and Scotece was subsequently found to be carrying cannabis hidden in her bra. |