A MOTHER left LSD and Cannabis pills in the same cabinet where she kept her young children’s food.

Charlie Ratcliffe, 21, was sentenced in Liverpool Crown Court last week, having pleaded guilty to possession of LSD, as well as possession with intent to supply of Cannabis.

Prosecuting, Iain Criddle told the court how, on October 13, 2021, police received a call from Ratcliffe’s partner, who was confused, and believed he was either under threat or had suffered an injury.

When police arrived, they found him safe, but ‘spoke to the partner, who was clearly hallucinating.’ They found Ratcliffe’s one and two year old children left with him, and carried out a search.

“They found drugs on the kitchen counter, and drugs in cabinets next to children’s food.”

They found 40 grams of cannabis, as well as two sweets that looked like fruit pastilles which were ‘impregnated with LSD’. Similar pills were found with cannabis in them.

Ratcliffe returned midway through the search and 'was intoxicated, and clearly under the influence of hallucinogens', the court heard.

She later claimed she thought “that the LSD sweets were cannabis” however this was disproven by her search history, which included searches for the side effects of LSD.

Ratcliffe startedn dealing cannabis to pay off debts to her dealer following her cannabis addiction she had faced since she was 14.

She is said to have faced no pressures to deal, but “knew her dealer was capable of violence.”

Her phone, however, confirmed she was in debt with him.

Ratcliffe, of Whiteclover Square, Lymm, had no previous convictions, bar a conditional caution for possession of cannabis when she was a minor.

Acting on behalf of the defence, Olivia Beasley told the court that 'she can never forgive herself'.

She reiterated that the defendant had gone through a chaotic period of her life after 'suffering at the hands of domestic violence'.

She no longer has access to her children as a result of her arrest.

Judge Aubrey KC presided over the case, and cited various concerned calls from neighbours over welfare of her children throughout this period.

“You were leading a chaotic lifestyle when you should have been looking after your children.”

Judge Aubrey gave Ratcliffe a 12-month sentence, suspended for 18 months. Within this, she is required to engage in a holistic system aimed at female offenders of similar crimes for at least 30 days.