Jaemie Emily Little to bed sentenced for role as ‘Deliveroo for cocaine’ courier
Jaemie Emily Little, who was 19 when charged with working for a suburban supply syndicate dubbed the ‘Deliveroo for cocaine’, used the drug to deal with an undiagnosed mental health issue, a court heard.
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A teenage drug runner who used cocaine daily to calm herself down should be given leniency by the court, a barrister has argued.
Jaemie Emily Little, 21, was 19 when she was charged with working as a courier for a suburban supply syndicate dubbed the “Deliveroo for Cocaine” in December 2019.
Her barrister Ertunc Ozen told the court during Little’s sentencing hearing on Friday that his client did not use her salary to fund a lavish lifestyle but instead purchased cocaine to fuel her drug habit.
“There is no evidence of Ms Little leading a lavish and wealthy lifestyle, quite the opposite, her lifestyle was quite modest,” Mr Ozen told the NSW District Court.
He said the cocaine had a calming effect on Little, due to her at-the-time undiagnosed ADHD.
She has pleaded guilty to several serious drug charges including ongoing drug supply, participating in a criminal group and dealing with crime proceeds.
Mr Ozen told the court the magistrate should find she had a background of “deprivation” due to the abuse, homelessness and mental health issues she has suffered.
He told the court her offences were at the lowest end compared with those of her co-accused Taliameaatoa Tilifi, Michael Torino and Jacqueline Naous.
Torino’s matter was also heard on Friday, with his barrister Ian Lloyd QC similarly telling the court he was in the business for “need not greed”, also addicted to drugs.
The court heard how the Engadine man, whose role was to deliver drugs to other suppliers, had been of good behaviour since his arrest in 2019.
He has also pleaded guilty to multiple charges including supply a prohibited drug and participate in a criminal group.
Both Little and Torino chose not to take the stand to give evidence, instead writing letters of apology to the court.
Their matters were adjourned for sentencing on December 2.
Naous, who pleaded guilty to two counts of ongoing drug supply, was on November 8 ordered to serve a two-year jail sentence as an intensive corrections order in the community.
Earlier this year Tilifi, 23, was handed a three-year intensive corrections order, after pleading guilty to ongoing drug supply and participating in a criminal group.
At Tilifi’s sentence the court heard Naous directed hundreds of drug deals from her Liverpool unit, in an operation described by Tilifi’s barrister Ian Lloyd SC as the “Deliveroo for cocaine”.
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