Crime psychologist explains why some Grannies choose a life of crime
THEY appear to be sweet, maternal pillars of the community - but their innocent facade is what makes the growing breed of gangster grannies so effective.Now leading crime psychologist Professor David Canter has revealed older women make successful cons because they appear friendly, kind and caring.Unanswered questions on Sicily sinking including how yacht went down in 60 secs But earlier this year a change in the law meant her death sentence could be changed to life behind bars.
“However women who fit this demographic tend not to be violent, they are usually more involved in fraud or managing criminality. Diane Wright, along with her husband and their three grandsons, were accused of selling addictive substances including cocaine laced with laxatives and worming powder - and sentenced to a combined total of 34 years at Newcastle Crown Court., 56, was jailed for ten months for smuggling crack cocaine into a men’s prison in her mouth - and trying to hand it over with a kiss.
And a drug dealing great granny who had been on the run for twelve years was eventually caught and jailed in 2013.Meanwhile Patricia Tabram, a 66-year-old granny who cooked cannabis cakes, soups, pies and casseroles for neighbours appeared at Newcastle Crown Court in 2005.Often older women are persuaded to commit crimes because they believe they are helping out their loved ones.
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