Tamara Gibbett jailed for four years after being found guilty of drug trafficking after a trial
A drug dealer’s plea for mercy was shut down by a judge after thousands of dollars of MDMA and fantasy were found during a police raid.
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A drug dealing mother-of-two has been jailed for four years after thousands of dollars of MDMA and fantasy were found during a police raid.
Tamara Brooke Gibbett’s plea for mercy was shut down by a judge who slammed her for showing no remorse for her crimes.
During a search of a Seaford Rise property on June 19, 2020 police found 22 MDMA capsules, a water bottle containing 607g of fantasy and a homemade taser in a bedroom.
The MDMA was valued at more than $2000 and the fantasy was worth up to $3000.
At the time the police attended the property Gibbett was in custody, having been arrested earlier that morning on other charges after she was detected driving in the vicinity of a known drug address at Dover Gardens.
She has pleaded guilty to those offences, including providing false or misleading details to the police and driving while disqualified.
Gibbett, 32, was found guilty of two counts of drug trafficking following a judge-alone trial.
Alex Rice, for Gibbett, previously asked the court to impose a low non-parole period for his client to encourage her rehabilitation.
“Why should I do that?” Judge Paul Muscat responded.
“She has expressed no remorse, no contrition, has not accepted responsibility for the offending conduct and she has a rather lengthy criminal history for noncompliance with bail agreement and court orders.”
The court heard Gibbett had a traumatic childhood and slipped into drug use, which turned into crime.
The court heard the mother-of-two had been receiving some drug counselling while in prison and had plans to live away from the drug scene when released.
Judge Muscat noted Gibbett had failed multiple random drug tests while on home detention bail and he was satisfied that she was selling drugs to support her own addiction.
He jailed Gibbett for four years and three months, with a non-parole period of two years and three months.
The sentence was backdated to February 22.
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