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Drug-dealing grandmother of Big Brother star Josie Gibson is finally caught after 12 YEARS on the run
Diane Gibson, 72, the grandmother of Josie Gibson went on the run in 2000
She was caught with 3kg of cocaine worth £240,000
Detectives feared she may have changed her appearance and fled to Spain
Was found at her daughter's home in Yate, Bristol
Reality star Josie is in the public gallery to support her grandmother
By ROB COOPER Mail

Bristolian television star Josie's grandmother is refused bail www.thisisbristol.co.uk

By Richard Smith Mirror
Josie Gibson in court to support drug-dealing gran after 12 years on the run

Diane Gibson, 72, was dubbed “Britain’s most wanted grandmother” when she fled in 2000 after being convicted

BB star's granny jailed over drugs

The reality TV personality joined other members of her family at Bristol Crown Court to see Diane Gibson, 72, sentenced to four years and three months' imprisonment.

The grandmother had been on the run for over 12 years having been convicted in 2000 at Bristol Crown Court of possessing cocaine with intent to supply.

Gibson had been originally arrested by police in 1998 at a motorway services with 2.9kg of cocaine - with a street value of £240,000 - in the boot of her car.

She had been bailed to return to court for sentence but failed to appear and remained at large, living away from her family in the north of England.

Express & Star

By Adam Aspinall Mirror
Josie Gibson in court to see drug-dealing gran, 72, jailed after 12 years on the run

Diane Gibson, 72, was dubbed “Britain’s most wanted grandmother” when she fled in 2000 after being convicted

Josie Gibson, on her nan being jailed:
"How can they compare someone who got
mixed up in transporting drugs to
somebody who fiddles with kids?"

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