Sonia Kay Doeuk pleaded guilty to six counts of drug trafficking after northern suburbs bust

A former successful cafe owner has begged for mercy after she got hooked on meth and turned to an illegal business side hustle.

A mother-of-four has begged not to be jailed after she became a serial drug dealer, racking up $50,000 of suspected drug sales into her bank accounts.

Sonia Kay Doeuk, 44, was hooked on meth but managed to turn her life around after realising she was pregnant in custody.

Timisha Ward, for the prosecution, pushed for immediate jail for Doeuk, saying she was running a sophisticated and ongoing commercial enterprise.

Ms Ward previously told the court about $50,000 from suspected drug sales was transferred into Doeuk’s bank accounts between April and December, 2019.

The court heard close to $4000 was found during the three searches of Doeuk’s home, along with 26g of methamphetamine, valued up to $7800.

Sonia Doeuk pleaded guilty to multiple counts of drug trafficking. Photo: File

Doeuk will be sentenced in September. Photo: Facebook

Police attended and searched Doeuk’s Lightsview home in October, 2019.

They found MDMA, marijuana, methamphetamine, various mobile phones and tick lists as well as other drug-dealing indicators.

The court heard police attended Doeuk’s property a couple of days later and found further amounts of methamphetamine.

Police then attended Doeuk’s Salisbury Downs property in August, 2020, and located methamphetamine thrown into a bin, empty resealable bags, tick lists and $770 cash.

Doeuk pleaded guilty to six counts of drug trafficking and one count of possessing a controlled drug.

James Marcus, for Doeuk, pushed for a suspended sentence for his client in the District Court on Tuesday, saying she had turned her life around since the offending.

Doeuk’s partner Adam Fennell is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering. Picture: Facebook

The court heard Doeuk’s life spiralled after her partner died by suicide in 2017 and her grandmother passed away.

“Even having seen the impact of substances on people’s lives, Ms Doeuk herself turned to substances,” Mr Marcus said.

“She found that methamphetamine assisted her to block out her feelings of pain, she felt that she was able to turn into someone who didn’t care about these issues.”

The court heard Doeuk fell into addiction and began purchasing drugs in bulk, selling them to offset her costs.

Mr Marcus said Doeuk was a qualified chef and opened her own cafe in 2008, which she ran for 11 years and was very successful.

“That business effectively collapsed as a result of the offending before this court,” he said.

Mr Marcus said Doeuk discovered she was pregnant in custody and engaged in multiple rehabilitation courses, as well as taking over a bakehouse business once released.

The court heard Doeuk’s partner, Adam Robert Fennell, who she shared her young son with, was facing an inevitable jail term after pleading guilty to unrelated drug trafficking and money laundering charges.

In Fennell’s sentencing submissions on Monday, the court heard he assisted Nomad bikies to weigh and package drugs in their significant criminal enterprise.

Judge Rauf Soulio will sentence Doeuk in September.