Dylan Litzow gets suspended jail sentence for selling meth

An out-of-work Central Queensland labourer pocketed $180 for selling meth, prompting a judge to comment on the risk versus reward.

Dylan Anthony Litzow, 31, was sentenced in the District Court at Gladstone after pleading guilty to one count of supplying methamphetamine. Generic image.

An out-of-work labourer who pocketed just $180 from selling meth has been handed a suspended prison term.

Dylan Anthony Litzow, 31, was sentenced in the District Court at Gladstone on Wednesday, April 16, after pleading guilty to one count of supplying methamphetamine.

The Crown said on July 1 last year, Litzow supplied a person with four points of meth for $180.

The court heard Litzow left school in Year 9 and he was currently unemployed, having previously worked in labouring and service station roles.

Gladstone Courthouse.

It was told he had a “relevant” four-page criminal history which included prior drug offending, as well as property and dishonesty offending, and he had been fined and given community-based orders previously.

Both the Crown and Litzow’s barrister Scott Moon submitted an imprisonment term “around six months” with immediate parole would be appropriate.

During sentencing, Judge Jeff Clarke said of this offence: “The return to you for the drugs was $180 and a prison sentence - so not really worth it, I would have thought.”

Judge Clarke sentenced Litzow to six months’ jail, immediately suspended for an operational period of 18 months.