Glamorous club manager’s drug-fuelled, 150km/h rampage on M1

A glamorous Gold Coast nightclub manager caught speeding at 150km/h down the Pacific Motorway bumping into guardrails and swerving erratically across lanes of traffic while high on the drug GHB has lost her licence for nine months and been slapped with probation.

A GLAMOROUS Gold Coast nightclub manager caught speeding at 150km/h down the Pacific Motorway bumping into guardrails and swerving erratically across lanes of traffic was high on the drug GHB, a court has heard.

Skye Melissa Fuller, 26, lost her licence for nine months and was sentenced to 15 months’ probation this week over the incident in May this year.

She pleaded guilty to six offences including dangerous operation of a vehicle while adversely affected and excessively speeding and three counts of unlawful possession of a dangerous drug.

When she was intercepted by police, she admitted she’d taken the drug GHB and officers found a bottle of that drug and two other illegal steroid-related drugs in her handbag along with a syringe.

Skye Melissa Fuller, 26, lost her licence for nine months and was sentenced to 15 months’ probation this week over the incident in May this year. Picture: Facebook

“On Friday May 8 at approximately 12.35pm police from Holland Park were detailed to attend at the on ramp of the Pacific Motorway at Marshall Rd in relation to a suspected intoxicated driver who was reportedly seen to be driving at excessive speeds and colliding with guard rails and barriers on either side of the motorway,” police prosecutor Sgt Kylie Vanderbyl said.

“The silver Holden Captiva was observed swerving in and out of lanes, tailgating vehicles, reducing speed before accelerating and tailgating and other vehicles were required to move out of the way to avoid a serious collision.”

Sgt Vanderbyl said when police intercepted 26-year-old Fuller, she admitted she had taken the drug GHB and appeared confused about where she was.

“Police allege the defendant’s driving was dangerous, she put her own life at risk and other road users,” the prosecutor said.

“She was nervous and trembling and her pupils appeared to be small and pin point in size. She appeared confused.

“She was extremely apologetic and clearly distressed by her own actions resulting in police intervention.”

Skye Melissa Fuller, 26, admitted she had taken the drug GHB and appeared confused about where she was the court heard. Picture: Facebook

Defence lawyer Nicholas Crawford of Rostron Carlyle Rojas Lawyers said Fuller had a good work history and completed courses in hairdressing and carpentry and she was now managing a Surfers Paradise nightclub after she was stood down from her job building furniture due to the coronavirus.

He said Fuller had a tumultuous medical history after being diagnosed with a serious illness and “spiralled” and began to abuse “illicit substances” in April this year when she thought the illness had returned.

Chief Magistrate Terry Gardiner disqualified Fuller from driving for nine months and sentenced her to 15 months’ probation.

“I’m hoping that you can engage with probation and move away from the drug culture and get on with your life so you’re not back here again,” Judge Gardiner said.

“If you leave here thinking it’s a bit of a joke I can assure you a very serious view will be taken if you come back to court.”

Originally published as Glamorous club manager’s drug-fuelled, 150km/h rampage on M1