Emma Claire Jowsey faces Mackay Supreme Court, warned drugs ‘will be your jailer’

A meth-addicted mum was caught after she and an unknown man fled from a stolen car, and was told association with friends on drugs would lead her back to prison.

A meth-addicted mum was caught with 2g of the drug after she and an unknown man fled a stolen car.

A meth mum was caught after she and an unknown man fled from a stolen car, in which police found a baggie containing 2.02 grams of the drug.

Emma Claire Jowsey, 39, tried to escape police on February 1 after officers on Holland St in West Mackay checked the car’s Victorian plates and found it reported stolen.

Jowsey was arrested and faced Justice Graeme Crow, who had sentenced her to three years jail for meth trafficking and possession almost exactly a year ago.

Mackay Supreme Court heard she had suffered after a string of violent relationships with meth-addicted men, most recently Beau Amos, who was sentenced for weapons and drug possession in 2022.

“You’ve got to stay away from drugs and stay away from people who take drugs,” Justice Crow said.

“Otherwise you’ll spend your life in prison and have nothing to do with your son.

“If people with drugs start hanging around you, they will be your jailer.”

Emma Claire Jowsey was charged with drug offences.

Justice Crow said Jowsey’s son was 14-years-old, and that her offending had occurred just four months after her release in September 2022.

The court heard a search of the car revealed a baggie of meth in the passenger side door and packages addressed to different people in the back seat.

The court heard Jowsey was also found with an electric scale in her handbag, and told police she owned the car.

She was arrested and faced Supreme Court by video-link from Numinbah Correctional Centre after 232 days of pre-sentence custody in the watch-house.

Beau Amos pleaded guilty in Mackay Supreme Court to aggravated meth possession and attempting to pervert the course of justice among a raft of charges.

She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing dangerous drugs schedule 1 drug quantity of or exceeding schedule 3 but less than schedule 4.

The court heard her meth addiction had begun during a 13-year relationship, starting from age 18, with Sidney Brian Dewar, which also devolved into drug-related violence.

Jowsey was sentenced to 18 months’ jail suspended with immediate release, with Justice Crow declaring her 232 days as time served.

“Ms Jowsey, the sad situation is that, hardly being given a chance, things fell apart quickly,” Justice Crow said.

“About two months after your release, your mother went on a holiday (and) without her support you became depressed and relapsed into using methylamphetamine.

“And associating with people who use meth, such as the person who fled your car and left you holding the goods.”

Jowsey could be seen on the video link wiping away tears.