A desperate mother has been jailed for 12 months after tying up her teenage daughter in a bid to stop her buying drugs.

Julia Saker tried to stop 19-year-old daughter Tabitha leaving the family home after finding out she was an addict and was on her way to meet her dealer.

Saker and Tabitha's ex-boyfriend Christopher Francklin - who spotted Tabitha climbing out of a window and shoved her back into her room - tied her arms together with tape and shoved a sock in her mouth.

The pair were arrested in October last year after Tabitha dialled 999 and police heard her screaming as she was tied up and forcibly restrained.

Saker was jailed for 12 months yesterday and Francklin for 18 months after Judge Adele Williams told them they had 'detained a young woman who was subjected to violence and humiliation'.

Canterbury Crown Court heard how Saker, who is in her 50s and lives in Dover, Kent, was 'desperate' to save her daughter from drug addiction.

Francklin, who is in his 20s, spotted his former girlfriend climbing out of the window of her home and forced her back into her room believing she was sneaking out to buy class A drugs, believed to be heroin.

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This is another case of the barmy legal system in the UK,

The mother and Ex BF SHOULD NOT have been jailed.... yes what they did could be considered wrong, but NOT in the circumstances given...

i think this raised more eyebrows, as they where sentance to 18 Months in Jail, while a failed aslylum seeker who killed a 4 year old girl while driving unlicenced was only given a 4 month sentance !

amazing thailand,...... sometime we should look at amazing UK

Another sanctimonious set of half truths from the Daily Wail. Here's the rest of the article:

"The tape also revealed Francklin telling the 19-year-old that he would 'hit her hard' and also Tabitha begging her mother and Francklin to 'stop hurting her'.

A belt was also used to restrain the teen by putting it round her neck and her arms were tied behind her back - causing her to suffer bruises and an injury to her jaw.

When police arrived at the house they found Tabitha in tears and arrested her mother and ex-boyfriend, who both admitted a charge of false imprisonment.

Both Saker and Francklin admitted tying the teen up and Francklin also admitted using violence by jumping on her in a bid to hold her down - telling the court he was trying to force her to give up drugs.

Philip Hill, for Saker, said she had 'done her utmost for Tabitha' and she had 'acted with the best of intentions'.

Nicholas Jinks, defending Francklin, added: 'Things escalated. It was a short incident which caused great distress and he accepts his responsibility.

'There was no premeditation or weapons used and it was motivated by good intentions.'

Judge Adele Williams told the pair it was a serious offence which subjected the victim to violence and humiliation, despite the fact they were trying to get her off drugs.

'It was said you, Julia Saker were at your wits' end because of her drug-taking but you could have sought professional help instead of imprisoning her in this way,' she added."

She ought to think herself lucky she only got 12 months. 'False Imprisonment' otherwise known as 'kidnap' attracts a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in the UK.

your point is true endure.... but what would you do in this situation?

herion addicts CANNOT be reasoned with, and if going through Cold Turkey to get more drugs, what they did would be considered resonable force....

yes what they did was wrong, but they where not doing for there own kicks, but to stop this girl destroying her life... they maybe more behind the story,

anyone who has witness the effects of herion addiction on someone , could relate to how this women acted.... ( but as per above, maybe the Ex BF did go slighty OTT,)

I'd do what anyone who's had to deal with an addict has to do (and I speak as an ex-addict). I'd let them sink so deeply into the shit that they realise that it's time to stop. Mothers, fathers, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends, whatever have no control over the actions of someone who's addicted. All they can do is sit and wait for the car crash and pick up the pieces. People who are addicts will remain addicts until they decide to stop being addicts. Neither you nor I nor especially the Daily Mail will stop them until they want to stop. You and I can feel sympathy for them - the Daily Mail makes a profit out of their misery. Shame on you for increasing that profit.

Carol Connor's opinion after his son died of an overdose.

On his son: "I should have spied on him. I should've taken away all his civil rights, spied on him, opened his mail, listened to telephone calls, everything."

Carol Connor's opinion after his son died of an overdose.

On his son: "I should have spied on him. I should've taken away all his civil rights, spied on him, opened his mail, listened to telephone calls, everything."

Wouldn't have made the slightest difference.

Probably not, there's an incredible amount of self blame and general anger at the inevitable in that statement though.

Probably not, there's an incredible amount of self blame and general anger at the inevitable in that statement though.

but she is still left with the guilt she didnt try .....

Probably not, there's an incredible amount of self blame and general anger at the inevitable in that statement though.

but she is still left with the guilt she didnt try .....

Errr.... Carol Connor was a guy...

Remember Archie Bunker?

Being a Daily Mail aficianado you probably wouldn't.

Carol Connor's opinion after his son died of an overdose.

On his son: "I should have spied on him. I should've taken away all his civil rights, spied on him, opened his mail, listened to telephone calls, everything."

Wouldn't have made the slightest difference.

Sorry wrong on so many fronts. The son is dead, the parents are in a living hell because they didn't try. You may be right that the death could not have been stopped, but for the parents ? Oh there goes my four year old daughter toddling across the motorway. No matter what i say to her, she still keeps on trying to get to the park on the other side. Ho hum, hope that truck misses her.........

Carol Connor's opinion after his son died of an overdose.

On his son: "I should have spied on him. I should've taken away all his civil rights, spied on him, opened his mail, listened to telephone calls, everything."

Wouldn't have made the slightest difference.

Sorry wrong on so many fronts. The son is dead, the parents are in a living hell because they didn't try. You may be right that the death could not have been stopped, but for the parents ? Oh there goes my four year old daughter toddling across the motorway. No matter what i say to her, she still keeps on trying to get to the park on the other side. Ho hum, hope that truck misses her.........

I meant that it wouldn't have made the slightest difference to his son's attitude to drugs and addiction.

Carol Connor's opinion after his son died of an overdose.

On his son: "I should have spied on him. I should've taken away all his civil rights, spied on him, opened his mail, listened to telephone calls, everything."

Wouldn't have made the slightest difference.

Sorry wrong on so many fronts. The son is dead, the parents are in a living hell because they didn't try. You may be right that the death could not have been stopped, but for the parents ? Oh there goes my four year old daughter toddling across the motorway. No matter what i say to her, she still keeps on trying to get to the park on the other side. Ho hum, hope that truck misses her.........

I meant that it wouldn't have made the slightest difference to his son's attitude to drugs and addiction.

Can't argue with that, I suppose that's where the term addiction comes from..................great great shame.