A dealer who admitted being paid in cannabis for supplying the illegal drug to others has been spared jail.

Laura Margaret Lloyd was arrested by police last October on an unrelated matter and made the admission to officers.

When she appeared before magistrates at Caernarfon this morning she pleaded guilty to a charge of supplying cannabis, a controlled drug of Class B, between July 13 and October 20 last year.

The 35-year-old, of Llys Dyfrig, Maesgeirchen, Bangor also admitted a charge of resisting arrest.

Two weeks ago Lloyd was made the subject of a Criminal Behaviour Order which bans her from calling 999 unless it is a genuine emergency.

Laura Margaret Lloyd at Caernarfon Court
Laura Margaret Lloyd at Caernarfon Court

While waiting for that case to be called Lloyd pleaded guilty to making a Facebook video in the court building of another person involved in the court case and posted it online.

Diane Williams, prosecuting, said a police officer went to her flat to arrest Lloyd on an unrelated matter and after a struggle and being sprayed with an incapacitant spray she was handcuffed.

"She told the officer she had a £30 a day cannabis habit and got the drug for nothing. Asked to explain she added she would go and meet people and drop the drug off and was paid in cannabis.

"This was recorded on the officer's body worn camera and later in the police station she accepted it was what she said," added Ms Williams.

Caernarfon Magistrates' Court where Kelvin Gwynedd Evans, 56, of Bryncir, Garndolbenmaen, near Porthmadog, appeared
Caernarfon Crown Court

On March 4, the court heard, Lloyd was in court to face charges of repeatedly calling the emergency services.

While in the the court complex she made a video of another person involved in the proceedings and posted it on her Facebook page.

"Arrested she told officers she didn't know it was illegal to film in the court building," said Ms Williams.

Deborah Davies, defending, successfully argued the case could be dealt with by magistrates claiming Lloyd played a lesser rather a significant role in the supply of drugs.

"Following the recent court case she is in a good place. She has the help and support she needs," she said.

Handing her a 20-week jail term suspended for a year bench chairman Sarah Foskett said they had taken everything said about the case into account.

Lloyd was fined £60 for making the video and posting it online and ordered to pay £285 costs.

The community order imposed for abusing the 999 system will continue and she will be under an electronically monitored curfew until the beginning of June and undergo regular drug testing until December.

Handing her a 20-week jail term suspended for a year bench chairman Sarah Foskett said they had taken everything said about the case into account.

Lloyd was fined £60 for making the video and posting it online and ordered to pay £285 costs.

The community order imposed for abusing the 999 number will continue and she will be under an electronically monitored curfew until the beginning of June and undergo regular drug testing until December.