A WOMAN who was coerced by her abusive partner in to selling cocaine has appeared back before the court.

Daloni Jones, 28, of Bro Gwynfaen in Croes-lan, near Llandysul, previously pleaded guilty to two offences of possession with intent to supply cocaine and being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

She was sentenced last August to 21 months, suspended for 18 months.

As part of the sentence, Jones was ordered to complete 30 days of rehabilitation activity requirement and was made the subject of a four-month curfew.

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Jones was brought back before Swansea Crown Court charged with breaching the terms of her suspended sentence by failing to attend her rehabilitation activity requirement appointments on November 17 and July 16.

The defendant accepted she had breached the order.

Jon Tarrant, in mitigation, said she had been unable to get to her appointment on July 16 due to transport issues getting to Aberystwyth, but made contact with the probation service and travelled there the following day.

He said the defendant was “unclear what happened in November”.

Mr Tarrant added that Jones had no convictions before these offences, and had committed no further offences.

“The court does not want to see you back here for any breach of this order again,” Judge Huw Rees told Jones.

He ordered her to complete an additional five days of rehabilitation activity requirement.

The court previously heard that police raided the home of Jones and her partner Matthew Pritchard in Llandysul on February 9 last year, and seized at least 23.5 grams of cocaine, before seizing a further 11.84 grams of cocaine from a property where the couple were staying in Penrhiw-llan on May 11 last year.

Evidence from the defendants’ phones resulted showed they were involved in supplying cocaine between January 1 and May 12, 2023.

Matthew Pritchard was jailed for dealing cocaine.Matthew Pritchard was jailed for dealing cocaine. (Image: Dyfed-Powys Police)

The defence set out that Jones had pleaded guilty on the basis that she acted under instruction from Pritchard, and their relationship had been an abusive one.

“I agree with that submission,” said Judge Paul Hobson. “You acted under instruction from Mr Pritchard. However, that was not exclusively the case, as there were occasions you dealt with customers yourself.”

The court heard Jones had been addicted to cocaine at the time of the offences, and Judge Hobson remarked that she had “shown an immense commitment to rehabilitation” during the two months she spent in custody.

Pritchard, now 30, of Station Road in Pembroke Dock, was jailed for three years and eight months.

He was found to have profited by £60,469.32 from his offending, but only had assets worth £957.50 available to be seized.

Jones benefitted by £3,217.50, and had assets worth £957.50 which could be seized.