A MOTHER-of-seven from East Lancashire who hit the headlines for living in what was reputedly Britain's poshest council house has been jailed for six months for money laundering.

Janis Gabriel, 49, was convicted last month of two counts of possessing criminal property.

And she was sentenced by a judge at Burnley Crown Court earlier today.

During the trial, Burnley Crown Court heard how police found a total of £18,450, the profits of crime, stashed away when they twice raided the Gabriels' semi last summer.

Officers were amazed to find the property had a swimming pool, sauna, and jacuzzi, and was full of expensive electrical equipment, fittings and appliances.

The house also boasted a £3,000 42-inch plasma screen television and a state of the art CCTV system, which Mrs Gabriel told the jury was needed because of a family feud.

Mrs Gabriel, a self-confessed fruit machine addict, denied the charges against her and claimed the money was saved from benefits and gambling.

Janis, disabled husband John and their children were last month thrown out of their housing association home on Garden Street, Padiham.

Housing association Calico - formerly Burnley and Padiham Community Housing - took possession of the Gabriels' three-bedroom semi because of breaches of tenancy.