A couple laundered £63,000 of drug money and blew the cash on luxury goods , gadgets - and a pet monkey . Daniel Lawrence , 33 , and Renata Flores , 45 , were investigated by police after bank staff noticed a number of suspicious cash deposits . Photos on Lawrence 's open Facebook profile capture the couple cutting their wedding cake and also show his pet monkey , believed to be a marmoset , sat in a specially-made wooden shelter in a garden . Convicted : Daniel Lawrence , of Penzance , was sent to prison for laundering around £63,000 of drug money , while his partner Renata Flores received a suspended sentence . Extravagance : As well as splashing out on luxury perfume and kitchen applicances , Lawrence also kept a pet monkey , believed to be this marmoset . An investigation revealed that Flores had nearly £12,000 of unexplained bank credits and her daughter Daisy , 24 , had received £30,000 in cash into two accounts - despite being on benefits . Her 19-year-old sister , Emily Flores ' account also had a total of £22,000 of unidentified cash deposits paid into it . The court heard Lawrence , who did not have his own bank account , and Flores had laundered money from the sale of illicit drugs to buy luxury home goods including a Smeg fridge and a range cooker . Officers also found extensive ranges of expensive perfumes at their home - and discovered Lawrence had a pet monkey . Caught out : The court heard Lawrence and Flores ( pictured ) had laundered money from the sale of illicit drugs to buy luxury home goods including a Smeg fridge and a range cooker . Jailing Lawrence for three years , Judge Christopher Harvey Clark , QC , said : 'It is crystal clear to the court that you were making large sums of money out of the illegal supply of drugs . 'In order to divert attention from yourself , you agreed , through Renata Flores and her two daughters , for the money that you were making to be laundered through bank accounts in the names of Renata , Daisy and Emily . ' Flores was sentenced to 20 months suspended for two years and 120 hours unpaid work after Judge Clark said she must have known 'at least something ' of the scheme and had involved her daughters . She had previously claimed to accept no responsibility whatsoever for the crime . Prosecuting at Truro Crown Court , Joanna Martin , said police started investigating the family after a suspicious activity report from the Halifax . She said : 'As well as cash deposits there was also further evidence of expensive items at the home address . ' An investigation revealed that Flores ( pictured above with Lawrence ) had nearly £12,000 of unexplained bank credits while sister 's account also had a total of £22,000 of unidentified cash deposits paid into it . The pair from Penzance , Cornwall , pleaded guilty to converting approximately £63,000 in criminal cash between March 1 , 2007 and March 10 , 2013 . Lawrence also admitted being in possession of the Class A drug morphine and the Class B drug cannabis on May 21 , 2013 , at an earlier hearing . He pleaded not guilty to being in possession of the morphine with intent to supply it to another on the same date . Daisy and Emily Flores both denied converting criminal property and the pleas were accepted by the prosecution and not guilty verdicts were recorded . Robin Smith , defending Lawrence said that after some rehabilitation treatment he had managed to remain drug free . He said : 'He seems to have turned things around during the currency of this case . ' Brian Fitzherbert , defending Flores , said she was valued at the soup kitchen where she volunteered said that her 'leek and potato soup was second to none ' and she was the most valuable person in her team . The couple pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court in Cornwall ( above ) and Lawrence was sentenced to three years behind bars .
Daniel Lawrence , 33 , and Renata Flores , 45 , of Cornwall , both convicted . Couple investigated by police after bank staff noticed suspicious deposits . Pair were laundering money and buying pricey goods such as Smeg fridge . Also had pet marmoset monkey which had its own shelter in the garden . Lawrence was jailed for three years while Flores escaped going to prison .