Aspiring teacher Emma Joyce Wright-Hession risks career after caught dealing drugs

A judge has issued a harsh warning to a young woman who put her teaching career on the line before it even began when she was caught dealing hundreds of dollars worth of party drugs.

A young Togoolawah woman has risked a teaching career after admitting to police she used party drugs on the weekend when she was caught dealing MDMA.

A court heard rural business owner and education student Emma Joyce Wright-Hession facilitated the drug deal at Toogoolawah on September 9, 2020.

Crown prosecutor C. Lovett said the deal involved an unknown number of ‘pingers’ worth more than $700, which came to light when police were investigating another man.

Ipswich court: Aspiring teacher Emma Joyce Wright-Hession risked her career by dealing wild party drugs at Toogoolawah.

Crown prosecutor Lovett said the 23-year-old woman made full and frank admissions to police.

GTC Lawyers senior associate Ali Rana said his client had two years left of her teacher’s degree and submitted that a conviction should not be recorded to ensure her future career and ability to get a Blue Card wouldn’t be negatively impacted.

Mr Rana said the young woman had an extensive work history that included mustering and fencing on her family’s farm, working at a SEQ moving company, driving machines and doing accounts.

Wright-Hession also has her own business – DJ Hession Rural Contracting.

Judge David Kent QC told Wright-Hession the court will not tolerate a thriving drug trade and stressed the serious nature of her charges.

Ipswich Courthouse. Picture: Cordell Richardson

Judge Kent QC said Wright-Hession put herself in a precarious position considering the sensitive nature of her future career.

“I hope this has been a salutary lesson for you,” he said.

“People often go to jail.”

Judge Kent QC said considering Wright-Hession’s early plea, young age, lack of criminal history, and good character, that he would use his discretion to not record a conviction.

At the Ipswich District Court on Friday, May 6, Wright-Hession pleaded guilty to using a phone to deal dangerous drugs and was fined $1000.

Originally published as Aspiring teacher Emma Joyce Wright-Hession risks career after caught dealing drugs