Mary Ann Landers pleads guilty to supplying grandson with drugs at Sippy Downs

A Sunshine Coast grandmother has revealed why she supplied marijuana to her teenage grandson after a raid on her home found narcotics and other drug items.

Mary Ann Landers leaving Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday. Picture: Sam Turner

A Sippy Downs grandmother has been convicted after revealing her misguided reasons for dealing drugs to her grandson.

The Maroochydore Magistrates Court was told on Monday how Mary Ann Landers would buy drugs off the street and supply them to her 18-year-old grandson in what her lawyer claimed was an attempt to restrict drug use at her home.

Magistrate Rod Madsen upon hearing the facts called her reasoning “incomprehensible”.

“It’s not discouraging ... she should have told [him], ‘if you keep using this, I’m going to kick you out on the street’,” he said.

Police prosecutor Jeanette Grigoris said officers raided her Sippy Downs home on October 11.

Sergeant Grigoris said there was drug paraphernalia spread across the home including bongs, a coffee grinder along with a small amount of cannabis.

Landers’ name was on the lease but told police she did not use drugs herself.

Police found some of the drug items were found in the common area of the home.

The court was told she told police she would “dish it out” to the grandson “to keep them off the hard drugs” and to “help them to sleep”.

This occurred once in the morning and once at night.

Landers pleaded guilty.

Landers said she bought the drugs from an unknown source and let smoking occur at her home.

She was charged with supplying dangerous drugs and permitting use of place, which she pleaded guilty to on Monday.

Defence lawyer Rod Morgan said he was instructed 65-year-old grandmother was “restricting” drug use rather than encouraging it.

The solicitor told the court the grandmother worked as a carer.

Upon hearing Mr Morgan’s instructions, Mr Madsen said he rejected her motivations.

“Why doesn’t she do something better with her time instead of encouraging [the use of] cannabis,” the magistrate said.

Mr Morgan said the reason why she did not obtain medicinal cannabis for her grandson was because she wanted him to stop smoking it altogether.

Mr Madsen said the only reason she would not be getting a jail sentence was due to her age and absence of prior history.

Landers was instead placed on a probation order for 18 months with a conviction recorded.