Drug dealer awaits her fate in court
Undercover cop nabs Dalldorf
THE fate of an East London woman who sold drugs to an undercover police officer disguised as a schoolboy on three occasions now rests with the court.
Julie Dalldorf appeared in the East London Regional Court yesterday where both the state and defence argued for an appropriate sentence to be imposed.
She was arrested late last year when she sold dagga to a member of the South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (Hawks) dressed as a pupil.
The sting operation focused on dealers selling drugs to school children around the city.
Regional Court Magistrate Ignatius Kitching heard yesterday that Dalldorf, 35, of Beacon Bay had previously been convicted for possession of drugs.
She pleaded guilty to three counts of dealing and one count of drug possession and is currently on R5 000 bail and works as a waitress in an East London restaurant.
The court spent the better part of yesterday trying to determine an appropriate sentence for the accused. The sentence will be imposed in two weeks’ time.
Mitigating for her sentence, Dalldorf's attorney Newsane Kolla, argued that she be sentenced to a R5 000 fine, 12 months imprisonment and correctional supervision.
Instead of stating the state’s preferred sentence prosecutor advocate Henke Ackerman called Noel Bloem, a teacher at Baysville Special School, who testified that drug abuse by pupils at his school was a big problem.
“We’ve got a daily problem of drug abuse by pupils in the school due to peer pressure. They are being forced to take drugs and we pick it up through behavioural change.
“It leads to their marks dropping. They are argumentative and aggressive. When we test them through urine samples they test positive and get suspended for six weeks until they bring written confirmation from Sanca that they are clean.
“Those who don’t come back we don’t know where they end up. This school is their last resort and if we don’t deal with this problem we are setting our future generation up for failure.
“I wish the court could come to the school and see the work we are doing.
“It has gotten so bad we don’t know what else to do,” Blom said.
Kolla put it to Blom that his client may also be a product of not being given opportunities in life.
“Our kids are as young as 14 years old and cannot think for themselves. Your client is an adult,” replied Blom.
The case was postponed to July 14 for sentencing. — zwangam@dispatch.co.za