Brandon Robinson, 26, pleads guilty at Bendigo Magistrates’ Court to supplying teenage girl with drugs

A man on parole for “violent offending” in regional Victoria has been busted supplying drugs to an underage girl he was in an “intimate relationship” with.

Brandon Robinson was busted supplying drugs to a 15-year-old.

A man on parole for “violent offending” in regional Victoria has been busted supplying drugs to an underage girl he was in an “intimate relationship” with in Bendigo.

Brandon Robinson, 26, fronted Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Friday pleading guilty to a raft of drug supply offences and breaching his parole.

The court heard there were 305 pages of text messages and photos referring to the trafficking cannabis, MDMA, meth in the Bendigo area between August and October, 2022 - referring to the drugs as “chicken and strips”, the court heard.

The court heard Robinson supplied drugs including cannabis and meth to the 15-year-old girl on multiple occasions.

Robinson pleaded guilty to a raft of drug offences.

The prosecution said Robinson was in an “intimate relationship” with the 15-year-old and the supply of drugs to someone so young was a crime of “an exploitative nature” for “profit” and a “sexual” objective.

Police raided Robinson’s home and seized a phone, electronics, cash, methylamphetamine, cannabis and multiple credit cards.

Robinson claimed to police he was “unaware” the teenager was 15 until about three weeks before he was arrested.

The court heard Robinson was on parole at the time for “violent offending”.

Robinson was busted supplying drugs to a 15-year-old.

Robinson started trafficking drugs and met the teen in central Victoria shortly after being released on parole, the court heard.

His legal aid lawyer Briana Proud told the court Robinson was selling drugs because he “had no life skills”.

He had a very challenging childhood, in and out of foster and residential care and was homeless between the age of 11 and 13, the court heard.

Despite agree facts tendered to the court of an “intimate relationship” between Robinson and the teen, his lawyer claimed there was no evidence of any sexual activity, and he was not charged with any child sexual abuse offences before the court.

Robinson was jailed for six months.