Drug dealer caught with stash of speed in her fridge tells police it was to help do the housework faster

• Police raided Aileen Hedges's Gravesend home and she said she used the amphetamine to help her with the chores
• Cannabis also found was used as a 'come down' after housework and DIY, she claimed
• Hedges later changed her story and admitted supplying the drugs at Maidstone Crown Court this week

Speed cleaner: Aileen Hedges told police she used amphetamines to help her do the housework faster

A woman caught with a stash of 'speed' in her fridge told police she used it to help her do the housework faster.
When officers raided the Kent home of Aileen Hedges, 30, she explained the 18.8g of amphetamine kept in the household appliance was just an aid to keeping the Gravesend property neat and tidy.
Police were also told by her that she had ‘no intention of supplying the drug’ and that she used the Class B narcotic - which gives users ‘rushes’ and is a ‘performance enhancer’ - to help her clean her house at top speed.
A stash of cannabis was also found in the home, which she then explained she needed to ‘come down’ after doing all the cleaning and DIY.
Hedges, however, changed her story when she appeared at Maidstone Crown Court this week and admitting supplying speed and cannabis.
She told the court that she initially said the class B drugs were for her own use as she was worried about being jailed for supplying drugs, but finally admitted the charges.
Bridget Todd, prosecuting, told the court: 'She explained she took the amphetamine in order to do her housework, perhaps a little faster than she usually would.

'She was also doing some decorating and would then take the cannabis to come down.'
The court heard how police found a string of text messages on Hedges’ mobile phone which the prosecutor said ‘indicated it was not merely for her own personal use and it went beyond social supply to friends’.

Fridge raiders: Police found the drug, and a stash of cannabis in her Kent house, pictured here in the home with her partner Geoff Collier

Change: When the suspect appeared at Maidstone Crown Court, pictured, she then admitted drug dealing charges

Hedges was handed nine-months in jail, suspended for two years and ordered to take part in a six-month drug rehabilitation course after admitting supplying the drugs.
Speaking after her court case she said: 'I have never taken speed in my life.
'I just said it because I have been done for drugs before and was worried about losing my house. I thought I would get it over and done with and just get a caution.
'But I then told the truth. I just wish I had put my hands up at the start.'