Daniel Sonny Keith Seal pleaded guilty to supplying dangerous drugs

A Maryborough man was dealing heroin to support his own habit after a relationship breakdown, a court has heard.

Daniel Sonny Keith Seal, 37, pleaded guilty to possessing dangerous drugs, five counts of supplying dangerous drugs, possessing a relevant substance, possessing s mobile phone used in connection with drug crime and failing to dispose of a needle or syringe when he faced Maryborough District Court on Monday.

A relationship breakdown led to a man returning to drugs, a court has heard, including dealing heroin in order to finance his own habit.

Daniel Sonny Keith Seal, 37, pleaded guilty to possessing dangerous drugs, five counts of supplying dangerous drugs, possessing a relevant substance, possessing s mobile phone used in connection with drug crime and failing to dispose of a needle or syringe when he faced Maryborough District Court on Monday.

The court heard Seal, a long-time heroin user, had been stopped by police in a car.

He had mobile phones which indicated the transactions for the supply counts, the court was told.

Seal was also found with two clip seal bags containing 0.9 grams of heroin.

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Phone records indicated the sale of small amounts of heroin, as well as the sale of a gram for $650 and seven grams for $2250, which was the most serious offence, the court heard.

There were also offers to supply GHB on the phone.

Judge David Kent said Seal had a very serious and lengthy criminal history.

On two previous occasions, Seal had been sent to drug diversion programs unsuccessfully, Crown prosecutor Farook Anoozer said, and he was dealing at “higher than street level”.

But he had pleaded guilty at a very early stage and the offending had occurred in the midst of a relationship breakdown.

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Seal had a prejudicial upbringing and he had been exposed to the use of illegal drugs from a young age, the court was told.

He had become a heroin addict from an early age and he had spent significant time in prison.

Mr Kent said Seal had previously rehabilitated himself from his drug use and found work at Maryborough Cricket Club and was living with his partner, but had relapsed after a temporary break-up of that relationship.

With a SPER debt of $32,000, he found himself under financial pressure, Mr Kent said.

Seal had reconnected with his partner and was intending to work as a concreter, the court heard.

Mr Kent said despite the “fairly horrendous nature” of his criminal history, signs that Seal was getting his life back on track meant “it may well be an occasion for one last burst of optimism”.

Seal was given a head sentence of two and a half years in prison and released immediately on parole.