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To an onlooker, Jemma Marshall appeared to be living an ordinary, suburban existence. A mother-of-three children with a partner, she combined domestic life with work to pay the bills and provide for her family.

Shaw, a small town north of Oldham where she and her family lived, bordering the rolling hills of Saddleworth , is popular with commuters heading into Manchester using the Metrolink .

But, like many other places, it has a seedy, dark underbelly, hidden from public view.

When big time criminals responsible for the supply of hard drugs face justice, judges often remark how the dealers create a cycle of crime, misery and destitution. Marshall’s extraordinary descent into this seedy, ordinarily hidden world is a classic example of how drugs can destroy lives.

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