Matthew Undy given opportunity to get clean rather than go to prison after guilty plea

A Mildura drug dealer was hanging with his mate when police pulled them over, finding a stash of gear and his phone that proved how busy he had been.

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A Mildura drug dealer was offered an alternative to jail by a magistrate after pleading guilty to charges of trafficking meth.

Matthew Undy, 29, pleaded guilty on Wednesday at the Mildura Magistrates’ Court to trafficking methylamphetamine and failing to comply with a direction to assist and was offered a chance to complete his stint in rehab, and receive a community corrections order once he had completed the program, rather than go to prison.

The court heard Undy was with a mate when they were pulled over by police in October of last year., who found several zip lock bags containing methylamphetamine belonging to Undy, along with 1.5g of the drug that he had hastily tipped out on to the floor of the car.

Matthew Undy was busted in Mildura with methylamphetamine.

Police analysis of Undy’s mobile phone uncovered social media and text messages which confirmed drug dealing activity between July and October of 2023.

Police claimed Undy was dealing not only to make money, but to support his own addiction.

Undy told the court things had been good for him at The Cottage, a rehab facility in Shepparton, before adding, “I haven’t touched a drug since I have been out of remand.”

He has been at the rehab facility since February 6, and will need to be there for three months to complete his program.

“There is no point in taking him out of an excellent rehab facility where he is doing well and sending him back to jail,” Magistrate Patrick Southey said as he adjourned the case.

Undy will return to court on May 6 to report whether he has finished his rehab stint.