Real estate agent warned ice will crush him

A real estate agent has been told to “jealously guard’’ himself and all he holds dear against a spiral into drug abuse.

A hardworking southside real estate agent has been issued a stern warning that he is not immune to the “insidious’’ drug ice.

Peter John Yeh faced Holland Park Magistrates Court this morning on two charges of driving with a relevant drug in his system.

Yeh had been disqualified from driving before, prompting Acting Magistrate Robert Turra to warn him about the perils he faced if his drug use continued.

“Inevitably, use of ice (methamphetamine) will crush you, as it does with many others who come before me,’’ Mr Turra said.

“It’s insidious and it will take everything away from you that remains.

“Your family, your kids: these are things you should guard jealously.

“You have so much more than others who come before me who are in the grips, the depths, of drug use.’’

Police prosecutor Snr-Constable Laura Newell said police pulled Yeh over on Toohey St, Woolloongabba, on November 15 last year and found ice in his system.

Snr-Constable Newell said Yeh was pulled over again, on June 20, at Old Cleveland Rd in Camp Hill, with the drug in his system.

She told the court Yeh admitted to using ice four days before the June 20 incident but said he had not taken drugs since then.

Yeh’s solicitor said the estate agent had been under significant stress as he had divorced.

“This has contributed to a really dark time in my client’s life,’’ he said.

He told the court Yeh had been seeing a psychologist since January, who believed he was not at risk of reoffending, and had entered a rehabilitation program with Drug Arm.

Yeh had also distanced himself from former acquaintances who might get him back into drug use and was trying to get fit.

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Mr Turra took into account Yeh’s early plea of guilty to both charges, but noted he had previously been disqualified from driving for one month.

“The words of the magistrate (after Yeh’s first disqualification) should have been ringing in your ears, but six months later you chose to roll the dice again,’’ Mr Turra said.

“That was intended to deter you and should have been a wake up call, yet here you are back in court for the same offence.

“It indicates you have not learned your lesson.

“It’s clear the community does denounce this sort of conduct.’’

Mr Turra disqualified Yeh from driving for three months for the November 15 offence and fined him $500.

He disqualified Yeh from driving for six months and fined him $700 for the offence in June.