September 9, 2015 
A mum caught with more than £300-worth of cocaine told a court she had bought the class A drug as a birthday gift for her daughter.
Nicola Austen was arrested on January 31 this year after nearly 6g of cocaine was found at her home in Southborough, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
The 37-year-old told cops that she had bought the drugs for her daughter’s 18th birthday and planned to snort the drug with her daughter after hiring a limo to take them on a night out in London.
Maidstone Crown Court heard how Austen wanted to make sure she and her daughter would “have a good time”.
The court heard how Austen had booked a limousine and planned to take the stash with her to “surprise” her daughter on her 18th birthday.
Craig Evans, prosecuting, told the court: “They were going to London in a limousine and she wanted to make sure they had a good time.”
He said that the drugs, which were hidden in her bedroom, were found by a police sniffer dog on January 31 and that the drugs were found in 12 wraps, weighing a total of 5.65g.
Austen was handed nine months in jail, suspended for a year and ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work.
Nicola Austen outside her home in Southborough, Kent
Hearing: Maidstone Crown Court
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That you give birth to someone does not make you a mother, for me she is not one, big shame!