One last chance for drug dealing mum
A DRUG- DEALING mother has narrowly avoided prison after being busted over the dodgy supply of what she claimed to be methamphetamine.
Sherry Lee Turner pleaded guilty to supplying a dangerous drug, possessing cannabis and possessing a phone used in the commission of a drug offence, when she faced Townsville District Court.
Police raided the motherof- four’s home on October 26, 2017, where they seized a mo- bile phone and a small amount of cannabis.
Crown prosecutor Monique Sheppard said analysis of the phone found Turner had been involved in the supply of a dangerous drug the day before the raid.
Messages showed an unnamed person requested “two points” of methamphetamine from Turner at 12.03pm on October 25.
She acknowledged the message and a short time later received another message showing the person was out the front of her property.
Later, the unnamed person sent another message to Turner, complaining about the product she had supplied.
“At 1.40am that morning the unknown person again sent you a text message inquiring as to what substance you gave him because he said it didn’t have a taste about it and it didn’t have a feel about it,” Judge Greg Lynham said.
“You responded ‘ it’s what I got tonight, it’s real clean and it’s still a bit wet’.
“You described to police in an interview that ( the drug supplied) was in fact not methamphetamine but another drug under the pretence that it was methamphetamine.
“It could be said that you committed a fraud on the person who purchased the substance from you.”
The court heard Turner had been convicted on 10 prior drug- related offences.
Defence barrister Scott Geeves said his client had a history of drug abuse but had recently moved to Mackay and was no longer using illicit substances.
Judge Lynham sentenced Turner to a nine- month intensive correction order under which she will have to complete a significant amount of community service, be supervised under a probation order and be subject to random drug tests.
Judge Lynham warned Turner that failing to comply with the conditions of the order would likely result in imprisonment.