Sherrilyn Page faces Gympie court for drink-driving and drug-driving

A would-be traffic controller stared at a police prosecutor as the details of her wild night of driving while over the limit and with meth in her system were revealed to the court.

Sherrilyn Page appeared in Gympie Magistrates Court on January 19, 2023.

An aspiring traffic controller held her chin high as she was sentenced over a disastrous inebriated night drive which ended in a crash and a bleeding bump on the head.

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Sherrilyn Page, 45, pleaded guilty in the Gympie Magistrates Court on Thursday, January 19 to driving without reasonable consideration, driving an uninsured and unregistered vehicle, drink driving and driving with drugs in her saliva.

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Police received a report about 10.30pm on May 2, 2022 that a car was driving dangerously on the rims of its wheels in an industrial estate near Gympie.

Upon arriving at the location, the car was nowhere to be found, police prosecutor Melissa Campbell told the court.

About 11pm, police spotted the car heading towards the Old Bruce Highway at Kybong.

It had a damaged bumper, “appeared to have been in an accident” and had the headlights switched off, the court heard.

Following some large gouges on the road, police finally tracked down the car on Glory Hill Rd near the Kybong Airport.

It was empty but police spotted two people not far off from the scene.

Sherrilyn Page appeared in Gympie Magistrates Court on January 19, 2023.

Page, the driver, had a large bleeding bump on her forehead as she spoke to police.

She told them the injury was from a car accident that occurred earlier that night and an ambulance was called to take her to hospital.

At the hospital, she was tested for alcohol and drugs. She had meth in her system and an alcohol concentration of 0.71 per cent in her blood.

While in court, Page had her chair swivelled to the side to stare directly at the prosecutor and was told to face the magistrate.

She angrily whispered under her breath and returned her attention to the magistrate.

Page told the court her memory of the night was a “little fuzzy” due to the injury on her head.

“Saying that, I guess I have to accept the honourable police would be telling nothing but the truth,” she said.

She told the court she was to start as a traffic controller but her start had been delayed due to her court matters.

Magistrate Chris Callaghan dismissed her interrupting comments while he handed down her sentence.

“Your driving was appalling,” he said.

Page was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for two months. Convictions were recorded.