Ex-model turned drug trafficker avoids jail for ice possession

A former Brisbane promo model turned drug trafficker has again walked free from court for possessing ice, despite breaching her four-and-a-half year suspended jail term.

A former Brisbane promo model turned drug trafficker has again walked free from court for possessing ice, despite breaching her four-and-a-half year suspended jail term.

Hannah Renae Page, 29, entered pleas of guilty at Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday to two counts of possessing dangerous drugs, committed within just two days of each other back in June.

Court proceedings had to be cancelled on Thursday after Page appeared to be to be under the influence of drugs.

Hannah Page received a suspended jail term for ice trafficking charges.

On Friday her defence lawyer, Michael Copley, explained she had taken anti-anxiety medication prior to her appearance.

Crown prosecutor Noel Needham said Page’s actions were “very serious” in the context of her suspended jail term she received three years ago.

In 2017 she received a four-and-a-half year jail term, wholly suspended, for drug trafficking offences.

Hannah Page outside the Supreme Court in Brisbane after a court appearance in 2017. Picture: Dan Peled

On Friday, she wiped away tears as Mr Needham revealed how she breached her suspended jail term.

The court was told Page was hospitalised on June 2 from a drug overdose.

A bag containing methylamphetamine was located when her property was searched.

Facebook image of Hannah Page who appeared in court on drug possession charges.

Two days later, she was found in a car with multiple bags of methylamphetamine.

Mr Copley told the court Page, whose dysfunctional upbringing had led to drug addiction, had made genuine attempts at rehabilitation in the past.

Page, who had recently become a mother, was now seeing a psychologist.

Mr Copley explained his client possessed the drugs for personal use, not commercial.

Justice Peter Davis activated the remaining three years of Page’s suspended sentence but released her on parole.

She received an 18 month sentence for the fresh offences, wholly suspended for three years.

“There are circumstances here when properly understood … should lead to a result that you ought not serve actual custody,” Justice Peter Davis.

“The arrival of your baby has given you new motivation to rehabilitate.”