Mum-of-three Elenor Proctor told a judge her life "just spiralled out of control" and she was a "functioning addict", using Class A drugs for over 15 years. Proctor and her boyfriend Patrick Nicholson, a self-confessed "smackhead", have now been jailed for preying on pensioners in Salford, the Manchester Evening News reports. I have to say Mr Nicholson tried to help me. Nicholson told the judge: "These crimes are shameful, they bring shame on my family. Sentencing, Judge Mansell told the pair: "You deliberately targeted elderly, vulnerable householders living in the Eccles area.

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2019 05:51 UTC