Wilton commercial drug supplier Shannon Macauley sentenced to jail
The brazen devotion of a criminal to his commercial drug operation has baffled a judge, with the man persisting with the crime despite police seizing his loot of drugs and $130,000 cash.
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Drugs mastermind Shannon Macauley will spend at least the next four years behind bars as a judge expressed disbelief of his brazen commitment to his illegal drug syndicate despite police being hot on the scent.
The 38-year-old was sentenced to 11 years jail for the commercial supply of cocaine and ice and will be eligible for parole in July 2023.
Judge Jennifer English was shocked Macauley continued to store drugs and cash in his Wilton family home, even after police had seized his stash, including $133,970 cash, 105g of ice and 380g of cocaine, from bushland in 2016.
The father-of-two told Campbelltown District Court during sentencing he knew detectives had found the stash, saying “I think the whole area did”.
Ms English said she found it “incredulous” that only nine months later, police arrived at the home he shared with partner Kimberley Treacy to locate 730g of ice in his kitchen, and almost $150,000 cash around the house. A cool $80,000 of that cash was hidden as a Christmas present, despite it being July.
“What is extraordinary that (police’s 2016 discovery) wasn’t a wake-up call,” she said.
The career criminal has a lengthy rap sheet including armed robbery, stealing cars, shooting at person and goods in custody.
He was previously jailed for ploughing a car into a group of people at an 18th birthday party he gatecrashed in Camden South in 2003, later cleared of any involvement in the death of partygoer Nathan Garriock who was struck in the back of the head and kicked into unconsciousness.
Ms English described Macauley as “institutionalised” and noted how he failed to show any insight of the impact of drugs on the community, describing ice as the “scourge of our society”.
The 38-year-old’s claim he was merely warehousing the drugs and cash in exchange for a promised $20,000 was rejected.
He was sentenced to a total 11 years jail with six years non-parole, backdated to his arrest on July 24, 2017.
His partner Kimberley Treacy has pleaded not guilty to commercial drug supply and has been committed to stand trial.