Lisburn woman who made 'terrible decisions' is warned by judge she will go to prison if she does not stay out of trouble
A judge has deferred sentence in the case of a Lisburn woman charged with drug offences.
She appeared before Lisburn Magistrates Court charged with two counts of possession of a Class A drug, namely pregabalin and diazepam.
The court heard that on July 2, 2026 at 9.20am, police attended an address in Lisburn to carry out a search under warrant.
During the search officers found 84 diazepam tablets and 56 pregabalin tablets in an envelope addressed to the defendant.
The defendant, Naomi Shantell Denver (33), whose address was given as Altona Gardens in Lisburn, was subsequently arrested and charged.
A defence lawyer told the court the defendant had “a very traumatic upbringing”.
The defendant stood in the dock crying, telling the court: “Nobody understands the pain I have gone through. I am broken. The system did this to me.”
District Judge Rosie Watters told the defendant she had made “terrible, terrible decisions”.
Ms Watters continued: “What am I going to do to stop you offending?
"I don’t want any terrible harm to come to you.
"I should send you to prison.”
The defendant told Ms Watters: “I want to be a better person for my kids. I don’t want them to have the life I have.”
Ms Watters deferred sentencing for six months and warned the defendant: “I want to know you have taken all the help there is out there.
"If you get into trouble in the next six months I will send you to prison.”
The defendant is to reappear before the court on April 15, 2027.