{"id":701192,"date":"2026-01-17T02:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701192\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T02:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:50:15","slug":"she-worked-with-her-sons-its-landed-her-a-112000-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701192\/","title":{"rendered":"She worked with her sons \u2013 it&#8217;s landed her a \u00a3112,000 bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators found that she had made nearly \u00a3200,000<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_PDR_ECH_210624JacquelineDavies.jpg\" alt=\"A custody image of a woman in her late 50s with dark shoulder-length hair\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Jacqueline Davies\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Jacqueline Davies(Image: South Wales Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A mother has been ordered to pay back more than \u00a3112,000 after she was convicted for her role in a drug gang led by her sons which netted her almost \u00a3200,000. Jacqueline Davies and Byron Davies helped their two sons, Thomas and Jack, launder money through the sale of cocaine and the<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/brothers-led-valleys-cocaine-gang-29401440\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"> family were handed a combined total of more than 70 years&#8217; imprisonment along with other people in the gang.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In July 2024 Jacqueline Davies from Trealaw, Tonypandy, was given a two-year prison sentence. Her sons were arrested in February 2021 and her involvement in their drug-dealing operation was subsequently revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She was comvicted of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and being concerned in an arrangement to facilitate acquisition or control of criminal property. Don\u2019t miss a court report by signing up <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=e9917f64-b3c4-4bba-bce6-4dce03cdb705&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">to our crime newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Davies-brothers.jpg\" alt=\"Police mugshots of brothers Thomas Davies (left) and Jack Davies (right)\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Brother Thomas Davies (left) and Jack Davies (right) headed a conspiracy which saw kilograms of cocaine being driven to south Wales by couriers\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Brother Thomas Davies (left) and Jack Davies (right) headed a conspiracy which saw kilograms of cocaine being driven to south Wales by couriers(Image: South Wales Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Financial investigators from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/south-wales-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">South Wales Police<\/a> found the 61-year-old had benefited from her criminal actions by \u00a3199,000, a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing was told.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She had available assets totalling \u00a3112.490.43, which she was ordered to pay back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Byron Davies, who was given a one-year-and-seven-month suspended jail sentence for being concerned in an arrangement to facilitate acquisition or control of criminal property, was also ordered to pay money back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was found to have made \u00a326,250.13 from his criminal actions and a confiscation order was made in that amount. He had available assets totalling \u00a36,000, which he was ordered to pay back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get daily<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> breaking news<\/strong> updates on your phone by joining <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FhCH5HyTE7c59DPUcRMUXk\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">our WhatsApp community here<\/a>. We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions and ads from us and our partners. 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