Woman went from trading toiletries to dealing drugs

HER AVON CONNECTION WAS USED AS A 'MASK' AND A 'METHOD OF DELIVERY' TO CUSTOMERS

- By MARK NAYLOR

Luke Bilton appeared at Hull Crown Court

A DRUG-dealing woman used her former work as an Avon catalogue representative as a crafty code for delivering tablets to a female customer - telling her each time “Your Avon is here.”

The Avon connection was seemingly used as a “mask” and a “method of delivery” to drug users - and police found a box of Avon catalogues in her car, Hull Crown Court heard.

Tina Lewis, 48, and her boyfriend, Luke Bilton, 36, both of Boulton Grove, off Southcoates Avenue, east Hull, but both recently in custody on remand, each admitted possessing diazepam and Zoplicone with intent to supply and possessing a knuckleduster as an offensive weapon.

Bilton also admitted possessing a metal knuckleduster and an extendable baton as offensive weapons and Lewis also admitted possessing heroin.

Samantha Laws, prosecuting, said that a woman was taken to hospital on May 31, after an incident in which she stopped breathing. A suspected drug overdose was believed to have been the cause and she later died.