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Lisa Marie Scally, the wife of Gillingham chairman Paul, pleaded guilty last week to possession of cocaine during celebrations…

Lisa Marie Scally, the wife of Gillingham chairman Paul, pleaded guilty last week to possession of cocaine during celebrations at Maidstone's Ikon nightclub following the team's fifth-round win over Sheffield Wednesday in last season's FA Cup. She denied the charge at first, but the evidence was fairly damning.

"She had the drugs in her coat pocket, then handed it in to the cloakroom and then lost the ticket. That's how they were found. It was pretty dumb really," revealed a nightclub worker. Well, yep.

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