Harry Dye and Shantelle McCormack sentenced for attempting to smuggle drugs into jail

A woman has copped a spray from a judge for her “appalling” taste in men, after her brash attempt to smuggle her “drop-kick” boyfriend drugs in jail.

A woman has been told she’s on her last chance after her brazen attempt at smuggling her boyfriend drugs in jail.

Harry Charles Dye, 27, and Shantelle Samantha McCormack, 25, were sentenced in the Adelaide District Court on Friday after their unsophisticated enterprise was uncovered.

The court heard Dye was serving a jail sentence at Yatala Labour Prison.

“He and McCormack made arrangements to smuggle the buprenorphine into the jail in the form of Suboxone strips,” Judge Stephen McEwen said during sentencing.

“The arrangements were made by telephone and of course the calls were monitored, I would not call this a sophisticated arrangement.”

The court heard the police searched McCormack’s Gilles Plains house on April 16, last year and found a fabricated lawyers letter.

“This was the methodology of smuggling in the Suboxone strips,” Judge McEwen said.

“Attached to the back of that false lawyers letter were 31 Suboxone strips, totalling 1.5g.”

The court heard police also found a further 65 Suboxone strips in the house, weighing 3.1g.

Suboxone is commonly used for opioid addiction and people who are coming off heroin.

Both Dye, of Davoren Park, and McCormack, of Gilles Plains, had previously pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and dishonestly dealing with documents.

Harry Dye. Photo: Facebook

The court heard Dye, who is a father-of-two, is currently serving a jail sentence since 2018 for other offences.

“The defendant was the architect and beneficiary of the proposed enterprise,” Judge McEwen said.

“His recent life has been dominated by drug addiction and a predictable cycle of offending and imprisonment.”

Judge McEwen sentenced Dye to one year and 10 months jail, with a non-parole period of 18-months.

Dye now has a new non-parole period of five years and one month, backdated to May, 2018.

Judge McEwen turned to sentencing McCormack, who had breached a good-behaviour bond with the current offending.

Shantelle McCormack. Photo: Facebook

“She has had drug issues, specifically cannabis, methamphetamine and GHB, I am told she has taken steps to address her drug problem,” Judge McEwen said.

Mr McEwen said McCormack made “absolutely appalling” choices and picked “totally unsuitable partners”.

Mr McEwen said despite it being “an enormous ask” he decided to excuse the breach, due to McCormack’s stable employment and rehabilitation efforts.

“You’re going to run out of excuses, you’re going to run out of get out of jail free options,” he said.

“You need to make good choices, which don’t involve drugs and gravitating back to drop-kick partners.”

Judge McEwen sentenced McCormack to one year and one month jail, with a non-parole period of nine-months.

The sentence was suspended on a two-year good behaviour bond, with supervision.

“You’ve well and truly run out of chances,” Judge McEwen said.

“Make better choices … if you don’t do better, you’re going to be like Mr Dye.”