Kyia English charged with allegedly supplying drugs from Penshurst home

A mother allegedly made nearly $45,000 in drug sales to her regular customer base for five months from her south Sydney home.

A Penshurst mother Kyia English, 37, fronted Sutherland Local Court on Monday over number of drug supply charges where she was refused bail.

A $5000 surety has not persuaded a magistrate to release a mother on bail who allegedly supplied drugs out of her home in south Sydney.

Kyia English, 37, fronted Sutherland Local Court on Monday over number of charges including supplying prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis, supplying an indictable to commercial quantity of drugs, dealing with the proceeds of crime and running a drug premises.

Documents tendered to the court said Strike Force Trute was established in May this year to investigate the Penshurst mother’s alleged supply of methylamphetamine.

Investigators used electronic and physical surveillance, CCTV and telephone intercept to monitor English from June 20 to October 19.

During telephone intercepts, English was allegedly recorded organising and selling varying quantities of meth and GBH to customers.

She and her customers used common code words such as dot, point, half ball and ball, as well as “eye” and “cold” to describe meth, “slow” for heroin and “G” or “drink” to refer to GBH.

Police allege customers often confirmed what and how much drugs they wanted before arriving at her Penshurst house, and some people referred to an amount as “the usual”, indicating they were reoccurring customers of English.

Kyia English will reappear in Sutherland Local Court next year.

Police allege English had 50 regular customers and supplied drugs for financial gain, with no form of legitimate income.

Between June 20 and October 19, English allegedly supplied 114g of meth with no less than 272 individual supplies.

Police allege English received more than $44,830 from her drug supplies during the investigation period.

It is further alleged in court documents that English used her home as a drug premise where she would ask customers to “catch up”, “swing by”, or “come see” her.

The documents said that customers would go to her house for a short period of time throughout the day and night, with surveillance allegedly corroborating the alleged activity.

English was arrested on October 19 close to her home, where she threw her phone in the rear of a car before officers allegedly found meth scattered where she was sitting.

The court heard English had previously made an application for release, which was refused in October.

On Monday, English’s lawyer offered a $5000 surety from her mother as an addition to previous conditions proposed, such as reporting a curfew and abstaining from drugs.

The lawyer said English was willing to abide by house arrest conditions and would only go out for medical appointments or reporting to the police.

He also noted she had completed six sessions of an addiction program while on remand.

Magistrate Phillip Stewart said the prosecution case against English appeared strong with telephone intercepts and surveillance.

He said she would likely face a full-time custodial sentence if convicted, adding the alleged quantity of drugs supply was significant.