Drug dealer granny Loretta Robinson out of prison and home in Hurstville
The 71-year-old grandmother, who was jailed for running drugs from her brick Hurstville cottage, is back enjoying life on the outside after being released on parole earlier this month.
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Drug-dealing granny Loretta Robinson has been released on parole and is enjoying life on the outside with her dogs after spending a year in some of Sydney’s hardest prisons.
The 71-year-old — known affectionately as “Nanny Tex” to her family members — was arrested at her small brick cottage in Hurstville in September last year where police allegedly seized cannabis, ice, a revolver and a taser.
Police had alleged she used her unassuming suburban house to run her ice and cannabis supply operation before her arrest.
Robinson was sentenced on drug supply charges last month in Sutherland Local Court to 18 months jail with a non-parole period of 12 months.
With enough time already served on remand, she walked free from custody earlier this month and is enjoying some downtime with her dogs in Hurstville.
She moved around while in custody, spending time at Silverwater Women‘s Correctional Centre and Lidcombe’s Mary Wade Correctional Centre.
Robinson declined to comment to The Daily Telegraph on Sunday but mentioned there was a fire in jail while she was behind bars.
A Corrective Services NSW spokeswoman told The Daily Telegraph Robinson most prisoners were automatically released when their non-parole period ends if they were sentenced to less than three years jail.
If a sentence is more than three years the matter goes to the State Parole Authority.
“The offender was released to court-based parole on September 4,” the spokeswoman said.
“Court-based parole applies to all sentences that do not exceed three years.
“The sentencing court sets the non-parole period and the inmate is automatically released on parole at the expiration of the non-parole period.”
While Robinson was convicted in court as being a drug dealer, her social media account paints a different picture and depicts her as a regular, animal-loving grandmother-of-three with the endearing nickname of “Nanny Tex”.
She regularly shares posts about lost animals, her grandchildren and her beloved pooch Rocky.
Last year she was originally charged with two counts of supplying a prohibited drug, nine counts of possessing an illegal drug, possessing an unauthorised firearm, recklessly dealing with the proceeds of crime and being an owner/occupier knowingly allowing use as drug premises.
However, court records show a number of these charges were dropped and she was sentenced on the drug supply and drug premises charges.
Robinson is no stranger to crime. She spent 11 months in custody after being charged with drug supply in 2004 before receiving a minimum four years and six months sentence for commercial drug supply in Goulburn in 2007.
In December 2013 she was jailed again for prohibited drug supply, spending 13 months of an 18-month sentence in custody.
*** An earlier version of this article included a photo that was not of Loretta Robinson. We apologise for the error. ***