Dominik Stanislaw Wojniak of Renown Park jailed for manufacturing a controlled drug

An Adelaide court was not buying a convicted drug dealer’s explanation for the strange burns to his mouth and arms.

A man who was caught with a drug lab in his garage after he previously dodged jail for trafficking told police he knew nothing about it.

Dominik Stanislaw Wojniak, 35, was jailed for more than two years after he told what the jury found to be an unconvincing tale during his trial.

During sentencing, the District Court heard police located Wojniak in his garage on March 4, 2020.

They found equipment and ingredients to make cannabis oil, including a glass tube containing cannabis and butane canisters.

Police also located all of the equipment necessary for the manufacture of methamphetamine but none of the ingredients.

Dominik Wojniak was jailed for manufacturing a controlled drug. Photo: Facebook

A computer in Wojniak’s garage included instructions on how to make methamphetamine.

“In your evidence, you said that you had used methamphetamine as recently as two weeks before the police located you in your garage,” Auxiliary Judge Gordon Barrett said.

Wojniak gave evidence that he knew nothing about the equipment.

Auxiliary Judge Barret said both he and the jury rejected Wojniak’s evidence and he was not willing to sentence him on the basis that he permitted an acquaintance to use the premises to manufacture drugs.

Wojniak, of Renown Park, was found guilty by a jury of manufacturing a controlled drug and possessing prescribed equipment.

The court heard Wojniak had previously suffered from two chemical burns – one to his tongue and one to his upper arm – on separate occasions in April 2021 and January 2023.

During sentencing submissions earlier this month, prosecution commented that sulphuric acid – which caused the burns – can be used in the production of methamphetamine.

Wojniak’s counsel said Wojniak’s arm burn was caused after the acid, which was in a container in his friend’s shed, spilt on him.

The court heard Wojniak’s tongue burn was caused after he took a drink of the acid in a drink container, which his counsel said they understood Auxiliary Judge Barrett may find suspicious.

Auxiliary Judge Barrett said Wojniak’s compliance with bail had been very poor, returning three positive tests to methamphetamine.

The court heard Wojniak had previously been sentenced to a suspended sentence in 2016 for trafficking 6.6g of methamphetamine.

Wojniak was sentenced to two years and six months in jail, with a non-parole period of one year and eight months.

The sentence was backdated to November 25.