Trouville: woman convicted for sending her underage son to collect her cocaine
A 50-year-old woman appeared before Lisieux tribunal for drug use and for sending her 17-year-old son to retrieve her drugs from her dealer.
A woman in her fifties before the courts for involving her underage son in her drug use
A 50-year-old woman resident in Trouville-sur-Mer (Calvados) was convicted on Tuesday 1st July 2026 by Lisieux tribunal for drug use, after also having tasked her underage son with collecting her cocaine from her dealer, reports actu.fr.
The case began with anonymous letters sent to the Deauville investigation unit reporting drug trafficking in Touques (Calvados). The subsequent investigation led to several people being placed under surveillance, including the defendant. On 23rd April 2025, arrests and searches were carried out.
During a search of her home, investigators seized 2.63 grams of cocaine as well as two pieces of cannabis resin totalling slightly more than 3.5 grams. The woman was already known to the justice system: in March 2023, she had been sentenced to 18 months in prison with probation in connection with drug trafficking. This suspended sentence was partially revoked in June 2026, for 6 months.
Presented at the hearing wearing an electronic tag hidden beneath a scarf, the defendant claimed she had stopped using drugs since February: "I have stopped, it is over. I have switched to CBD." She was then consuming 4 to 5 grams of cocaine per week and cannabis daily. "It is part of my past. I have taken my life in hand. I no longer want to be part of that world. I have settled down, I intend to stay on the straight and narrow," she declared to the court.
The investigation established that she had sent her 17-year-old son — himself a user at the time — to collect her drugs from her dealer. "It happened only once, I regret it. It was not his place to do it, it is unthinkable," she acknowledged before the tribunal.
Cécile Marot, deputy prosecutor, noted "a genuine entrenchment in drug use" and questioned the sincerity of the defendant's change: "Has she really freed herself from her use?" The prosecution had requested 12 months in prison of which 6 months with probation, the 6 months' custodial sentence to be served under electronic tag, combined with obligations for treatment and work.
The tribunal ultimately sentenced the defendant to 8 months in prison with probation for two years, with a requirement to work and to undergo treatment relating to her addiction.
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