On-the-run history teacher and mum-of-two ravaged by cocaine addiction arrested
Angela Davey, 38, became addicted to Class A drugs and fled after admitting being a county lines drug dealer in October
A RESPECTED history teacher who became a 'county lines' cocaine dealer after her marriage collapsed has been arrested.
Angela Davey, 38, became addicted to Class A drugs and was on the run from cops after she admitted dealing cocaine at a hearing at Norwich Crown Court on October 15.
But Norfolk Police today confirmed she was arrested by cops in London last night.
She appeared at Norwich Magistrates’ Court today in connection with breaching a court order and also for failing to appear at Norwich Crown Court.
Angela appeared shaking and suffering from drug withdrawal symptoms in a five minute hearing this afternoon.
She smiled, waved and blew kisses at members of her family sitting a few feet away in the public gallery before she was remanded in custody until February 8.
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS IN COURT
Andrew Oliver, defending, told Judge Katherine Moore how he had visited Davey in the cells at the court and found that she was “unwell”.
He added: “She has accepted that she is withdrawing from drug use."
Judge Moore said: “Miss Davey must be fit and well enough to follow those proceedings.”
Turning to Davey, she said: “You will remain in custody. You will be taken to Peterborough and I hope vey much that you receive any medical treatment you need sooner rather than later.
The former teacher's decline came to light when a police mugshot from February last year emerged showing her drug-ravaged features.
It paints an entirely different picture to one posted on Facebook less than a year earlier showing her smiling and fresh-faced.
COUNTY LINES DRUG DEALING
Davey lost her home and began living in a campervan in Norwich, Norfolk, while working for a county lines drug dealing gang to feed her habit.
She admitted dealing cocaine at a hearing at Norwich Crown Court on October 15 but then absconded.
The mum was still being hunted by cops last Monday when three people associated with the gang she had links to were jailed for a total of 11 years.
SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL
Davey won a scholarship to the £14,562-a-year Norwich High School for Girls and graduated from university with a history degree.
She then bought a house with her husband and lived there with her two children while teaching at a school for children with special educational needs.
But her life took a turn for the worse after her marriage broke down and she is believed to have turned to drugs after embarking on a relationship with a man she met on Tinder.
'WE FEEL SHE COULD DIE'
Davey's dad David Wilkes, 65, spoke out as he appealed for his daughter to give herself up.
He said: “The last time my daughter was seen, she was sleeping in a shop doorway on her own in Norwich last week, but the police can’t find her.
“From the family’s point of view it is extremely distressing. We feel very much that we are on our own.
“She is a bright girl and her whole life has been totally destroyed. It is not all of her own doing. She is a victim, and she is not the first.
“It’s desperate that she gets the help that she needs, and gets off the street, and hopefully she will be able to make use of whatever resources there are.”
