Police stopped a woman in Cardiff who was riding a mobility scooter and smelled strongly of cannabis – then found she was carrying a stun gun.
Yvonne Harvey told the officers she was carrying the weapon “for protection” because she and her partner had had their home broken into.
But she was this week given a suspended sentence after admitting possessing cannabis and amphetamine, possessing a prohibited weapon, and being concerned in the supply of a Class B drug.
Richard Ace, prosecuting at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday, said: “At 2.20am on March 15, 2018, officers saw the defendant riding on a mobility scooter travelling on Fishguard Road in Llanishen.
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