Malcolm Tschirpig in court for drugs, stealing, breach probation

A Gympie region tree lopper and convicted drug trafficker has returned to a regional court on multiple of drug charges. Details here:

A former Gympie businessman and drug trafficker has been convicted of 34 new offences, including unlawful possession of 11 different drugs.

Malcolm David Tschirpig, 41, was accompanied by two policemen when he entered Gympie Magistrates Court on Tuesday, March 29, 2022.

He represented himself and had no supporters in the public gallery.

Tschirpig was charged with 34 offences from between August 30, 2019 and February 16, 2020, including three charges of failing to dispose of a needle, seven charges of possessing used drug utensils including bongs, scales and glass pipes, two car thefts, five counts of possessing stolen property including a laptop, power tools, medication and copper wiring, stealing batteries from the Gympie Regional Council, receiving tainted property and breaching his probation.

He also faced 15 drug charges across possession of 11 different drugs, including meth, marijuana, fentanyl and buprenorphine, as well as seven prescription medications.

Malcolm David Tschirpig fronted the Gympie court on 34 charges from between August 2019 and February 2020.

He pleaded guilty to all charges.

While the facts surrounding Tschirpig’s offending were not read out to the court, it heard he had an extensive criminal history.

In 2021, he was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to prison with a parole release date of December 2, 2022.

However, for the 34 charges in the Gympie Magistrates Court on March 29, 2022, the court heard Tschirpig had spent more than two years in pre-sentence custody, after he was detained on February 17, 2020.

Magistrate Chris Callaghan said Tschirpig would return to prison in line with his trafficking sentence, with a parole release date of December 2, 2022.

All stolen items were to be returned to their rightful owners, and all other seized items were forfeited.

A conviction was recorded.