A court heard how a woman who was staying in hospital was given heroin by another patient to “help her sleep”. Melanie Luxton, 47, of Weedon Way in Fairstead, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where she pleaded guilty to having a Class A drug in her possession. Crown prosecutor Nicola Lamb explained to magistrates that on November 8, 2023, police were called to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital to a report that a patient had a brown powder in their possession which was suspected to be heroin. That patient was Luxton – who had one gram of the drug on her – and admitted to officers t…
