Partria Tambram aged 66 from northumberland got a suspended sentence for drug dealing . Partria Tambram put canabis in her biscuits, casseroles and in her soups she made. She suffers from neck and back pain. Cannabis helps her pains.The grandmother-of-two began cooking for friends using food sprinkled with the illegal drug after being introduced to it last year.

The judge of the trail said that he  did not want to made her a matyr for her cause so  only gave her a suspended. 

 when Partria Tambram was arrested she had 31 cannabis plants in her house, whichis near hexham. She admitts that she was drug dealing.

Judge Hodson, the Recorder of Newcastle, said the offence was so serious only a jail sentence was appropriate, however he would not be making her a martyr.

The Northumbria Police were told about the cooking and they raided the house last may and June.

Partria travels to Newcastle to get cannabis regularly. 

Speaking outside the court she said: "Well, I am a free woman. But fining me so much money - I am a pensioner and I get a little over £100 a week."