Two former lesbian lovers suffered more heartache this week - as they were jailed over their £12,000 Ardrossan drug ring.

Estranged partners Gillian McGregor and Lisa McKinnon - who are no longer on speaking terms - were forced to spend time together in the dock over their exploits when they were a couple.

The ex-lovers shared the dock of a courtroom within Paisley Sheriff Court to plead guilty to drug dealing charges last month.

Sentence was deferred for background reports to be prepared and the pair returned to the dock last week to be sentenced.

The pair were locked up over their illegal exploits - and burst into tears at the news.

Both women sobbed heavily as Sheriff Tom McCartney imposed 16-month jail terms upon them - meaning that 32-year-old McGregor, who is now pregnant and due to give birth in July, will have her baby whilst in prison.

She repeatedly turned and growled towards McKinnon as they were told they were being jailed, shaking her head in disgust at the person she blamed for landing her in court.

On February 14 they appeared in the dock at the court to admit dealing cocaine and cannabis from the home they used to share in Elm Park, Ardrossan.

McGregor, 32, and McKinnon, 27, admitted dealing nearly £12,000 of the class A and B drugs from their home after officers found the drugs stashed in a dressing gown, bread bin, biscuit tin and a cupboard under the stairs.

They were found to have 33.67g of cocaine and cannabis weighing 1.413Kg, as well as £1,750.59 in cash stashed in their home.

They pleaded guilty to two of the five charges against them as part of a plea deal, admitting dealing cocaine and cannabis from their home on December 2, 2016, in breach of Section 4(3)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

In exchange, charges that they had dealt ecstasy tablets, diazepam and cannabis were dropped.

Defence solicitor Jamie McNair, representing McGregor, asked for leniency for the pregnant mum-of-two saying she had lost her job and kids as a result of the offences and has “learned a very salutary lesson.”

Defence lawyer Jim Irvine also asked for leniency for McKinnon, saying she worked two jobs.

But Sheriff McCartney - who earlier warned them there may be no appropriate sentence other than jail - ruled there was only one way he could deal with the first offenders.

As he jailed them for 16 months, reduced from 18 months as they admitted their guilt, he said: “The decisive factor in this case, in respect of each of you, is the nature and gravity of the crime.

“The gravity is such that there is no alternative other than to impose a sentence of imprisonment in respect of each of you.”

Prosecutors are trying to forfeit the money found during the bust from McGregor, who moved to Kilbirnie, and McKinnon, of Ardrossan. and a Proceeds of Crime hearing has been scheduled for April.