A woman caught with £500 of cannabis resin in her home claimed she was selling it to friends and family to help fund her civil partnership.

Lisa Nicholson, 25, was sentenced with her partner Emma Emmerson at Hull Crown Court yesterday.

Police searched their home in De La Pole Avenue, west Hull, on September 1.

They found 174 grams of cannabis resin with a street value of £522 in a red tin with £325 cash belonging to Nicholson

Emmerson was found in possession of 22.4 grams of skunk, which she said was for personal use.

Nicholson told police in an interview part of the cash was for a wedding fund for the two of them and family and friends had given them some money.

She also said she used cannabis because she believed it helped alleviate the symptoms of her epilepsy.

Nicholson was given a nine-month sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to do 150 hours' unpaid work.

Emmerson was also handed a community order and ordered to do 60 hours' unpaid work.