Kellie Anne Voss pleaded guilty to drug driving

A mum of two claims she had only smoked ice once and it “simply wasn’t for her” before being caught drug-driving in the car park at Maryborough Correctional Centre.

Kellie Anne Voss pleaded guilty to one count of drug driving when she faced Maryborough Magistrates Court this week.

A mum claims she had smoked ice only once days before she was busted drug-driving by police while entering the car park at the Maryborough Correctional Centre.

Kellie Anne Voss pleaded guilty to one count of drug-driving when she faced Maryborough Magistrates Court this week.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Rob Booth said on November 9, 2023, police were carrying out roadside drug tests and breath tests at Maryborough Correctional Centre at Aldershot.

Voss, who was driving a Holden, was stopped by police and she returned a positive result to the drug test, Sgt Booth said.

She later supplied a specimen of saliva that later tested positive for meth.

The court heard Voss was a 40-year-old single mum with two children.

One of the children had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and Voss had recently experienced the breakdown of a long-term relationship, which had deeply affected her, the court was told.

Voss had experienced “depression-like” symptoms since the breakdown of her relationship, the court was told, and she had been quite overwhelmed and struggled to care for the two children in her care.

A couple of days before the incident, she had been at a friend’s home and the friend had offered her the substance.

Kellie Anne Voss pleaded guilty to one count of drug driving when she faced Maryborough Magistrates Court this week.

The court was told Voss said it was the first and last time she had ever smoked ice and she had taken “a couple of puffs” and it “simply wasn’t for her”, and she had no desire to partake in it again.

On the morning she had been stopped by police, a different friend had asked her to drive her to Maryborough Correctional Centre to visit with a prisoner.

Voss, not being experienced with drug use, did not feel affected by the drug and did not think it would still be present in her system, the court was told.

She was very remorseful, the court heard.

Magistrate John Milburn said he would sentence Voss on the basis that her use of the drug was a “one-off experiment” and she had not considered the impact of the drug remaining in her system when she drove.

Voss was convicted and fined $350 and she was disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for one month.

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