Teen accused of intending to supply ecstasy at Field Day music festival granted strict bail

HE went from an allergy-stricken teen “wrapped up in cotton wool” to an accused ecstasy dealer trembling as he was blasted by a judge after his first night in custody.

Pic of Zac Wyenburg with his mum Karen Wyenburg .Zac was charged with possession of mdma and will face Sutherland court in the new year.

HE went from an allergy-stricken teen “wrapped up in cotton wool” to an accused ecstasy dealer trembling as he was blasted by a judge after his first night in custody.

Zac Wyenberg, 18, appeared visibly shaken as he appeared on the videolink screen of Parramatta Local Court in a bail hearing yesterday charged with planning to sell up to 29 MDMA tablets at a New Year’s Day music ­festival.

During his appearance he was blasted by a magistrate who took the opportunity to highlight the recent drug death of Sylvia Choi while warning him “people die because of taking this sort of stuff”.

It followed Wyenberg’s first ever night in custody after his arrest in Kirrawee at 11pm on Wednesday, allegedly in possession of 29 MDMA tablets and more than $1500 cash.

It will be alleged by police that Wyenberg, from Loftus in Sydney’s south, intended to supply those pills at today’s Field Day music festival in The Domain and had “admitted (he) had gone out of his way to supply to (his) mates”.

His parents Frank and Karen Wyenberg, who the court heard “had no idea what he was up to” were ­visibly distraught during the bail application.

Magistrate Anthony Spence was told Wyenberg had suffered from “a number of severe allergies all his life” and “had been wrapped up in cotton wool”.

Sylvia Choi died after taking drugs at the Stereosonic music festival. Picture: NSW Police

“(Wyenberg is) in some difficulty (in being granted bail),” Mr Spence said in agreeing to release the 18-year-old on strict terms.

“People die because of ­taking this sort of stuff at festivals. There was the lass who actually was a chemist (Sylvia Choi, who died after taking ecstasy at Stereosonic).”

Ms Choi took ecstasy before collapsing at the electronic music festival and later died in hospital in November.

“You get chaps like this one (Wyenberg) who are ­selling it ... if I was to refuse bail at least it will get him off the street,” Mr Spence said.

Police prosecutors did not oppose strict conditional bail, saying while there was “a high risk” that Wyenberg would continue to supply drugs at dance parties, he had no criminal history and “is a very young man who appears to have made a terrible error”.

Mr Spence said he would grant bail “against my better judgment”.

He told him that he had spent the morning dealing with other serious accused drug offenders “who in my view will be going to jail for years”.

“I hope to God you don’t end up the same way,” he said.