11 YEARS FOR WAITRESS IN COCAINE PLOT

A 24-year-old woman who is six months pregnant was jailed for 11 years
yesterday and her older brother for nine for their part in a plan to
smuggle cocaine through Birmingham airport in bottles of rum.

Passing sentence at Wolverhampton Crown Court, Sir Andrew Watson, the
Recorder, said the sentences "should warn other young people tempted to do
what you did what the circumstances will be".

The court was told that Jason Rudd, 28, from Perry Barr, acted as a
dealer's "mule", flying to New York as a tourist to pick up the bottles of
rum in which the spirit was blended with cocaine. His younger sister,
Debbie, a waitress, from Birmingham, organised his activities.

Checked-by: Richard Lake