Chloe Town granted bail in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on charges of entering a dwelling and committing an indictable offence, receiving tainted property and possessing suspected stolen property

Woken by police that had entered her hotel room, a Toowoomba woman claimed she had no idea how a ‘significant quantity’ of stolen goods came to be in her room after she had drank so much she blacked out and defecated in a hotel bed.

After passing out drunk in a Toowoomba hotel, a woman has claimed she had no idea how a “significant quantity” of suspected stolen goods had managed to find their way into her room.

The 22-year-old appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court from the watch-house on Friday, facing charges of entering a dwelling and committing an indictable offence, receiving tainted property and possessing suspected stolen property.

In making an application for bail, Town’s solicitor Chelsea Saldumbide told the court her client had been drinking with other people in a Toowoomba hotel room on Thursday to the point that she passed out in the bed.

The court was told the former St Ursula’s College student was found by police passed out in a bed that had been defecated in, and had no knowledge of the alleged stolen property that was found in the room, which was described by police prosecutor Bettina Trenear as a “significant quantity”.

Ms Saldumbide submitted that there was little to no evidence to “directly support” the charges, and that her client had no knowledge of the control of the property as other people had access to the hotel room.

“She had been consuming alcohol the evening before and she blacked out, at the point of blacking out there was no property in the room that wasn’t hers,” Ms Saldumbide said.

“The first she knew of this property was the point when police entered the room that morning and waking her up.”

Currently on a probation order, Ms Saldumbide said Town had previously been employed as a disability support worker but following the breakdown of a serious relationship in 2021 she started to associated with people “frequently involved in the criminal justice system” and started taking methylamphetamine.

Magistrate Clare Kelly granted bail on condition she live with her parents, abide by a nightly curfew between 10pm and 6am and report to police each Wednesday.

Her case was adjourned for mention on September 7.

Originally published as Chloe Town granted bail in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on charges of entering a dwelling and committing an indictable offence, receiving tainted property and possessing suspected stolen property