“You began to believe that you were unstoppable.”

Judge Daniel Williams

Prosecutor Andrew Jones said: “She was a middle tier manager of the organisation.”

Although she denied being a “trusted lieutenant of this organised crime group, the second-in-command,” she was convicted by a jury.

Richard Barton, defending, said the grandma was acting “out of mother’s love” and trying to provide for her three sons.

Collingbourne claimed she became estranged from her “racist” parents after they did not approve of her relationship.

But Judge Daniel Williams told Collingbourne: “During your trial you portrayed yourself as a victim, fighting bigotry and injustice – but the jury saw through you.

“You dismissed your crimes as evidence of your own victim-hood.

“You were counting and banking the vast profits from this operation.

“You began to believe that you were unstoppable.”

Collingbourne’s sons Jerome Nunes, 28, and Blaine Nunes, 26, were jailed for 12 and 14 years.

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