Ipswich magistrate furious after Jessica Maree Green reoffends

An Ipswich magistrate has blasted a mother who committed further offences while on an intensive correction order.

Jessica Maree Green outside the Ipswich courthouse. Picture: Grace Koo

An Ipswich magistrates has criticised people who breach court orders after a court heard a mother committed further offences while she was on intensive correction order.

Jessica Maree Green, 38, was charged with seven offences ranging from unlawful use of motor vehicles, receiving tainted property, fraud, stealing, possessing dangerous goods, possessing utensils or pipes for use and contravening a police direction.

The Collingwood Park woman pleaded guilty to all the charges on Tuesday, July 4 in Ipswich Magistrates Court.

The court heard the mother-of-two was a passenger in a stolen car which was involved in an accident.

After police later executed a search warrant she was found to have stolen items including keys, a garage remote and an air tag at her home, the court heard.

The court also was told she unlawfully used a key card left by a person in an ATM, multiple times, on March 23.

Ms Green was also found with 1g of methylamphetamine and a pipe on two separate occasions, the court heard.

Magistrate Dennis Kinsella said Ms Green committed her first offence on an intensive correction order (ICO).

An ICO allowed a defendant to serve their sentence through intensive correction in the community.

“That was a court trying to throw another lifeline and she actually committed further offences while on that ICO,” Mr Kinsella said.

“If you keep committing offences, you’re undermining the exact purpose of the orders.

“The key feature is to stop people from offending (but) they commit further offences.

“No wonder people breach orders and do whatever they want, because they know there’s no penalty at the end of it.”

Jessica Maree Green outside the Ipswich courthouse. Picture: Grace Koo

Defence lawyer John Wilson said his client had been in a violent relationship for two years with a man who was now in custody.

“She’s well aware of the choices that she needs to make but it was a difficult, difficult situation while she was with that man,” Mr Wilson said.

“More recently there were some issues with ice and carelessness.

“Generally speaking, she hasn’t had much work throughout her life and she’s looking forward to becoming a productive member of the community.”

Mr Kinsella said it was difficult for him to craft a sentence.

“There are a number of features which clearly have the sympathy of the court,” he said.

“Your upbringing, of course, is one feature which clearly has informed you going into adulthood.

“And to my mind there is a clear... connection between that upbringing and your ultimate reliance upon drugs and committing criminal offences.

“Nevertheless, probation and parole (officers) quite surprisingly say that you are still suitable (for probation or parole)… given the feature that you have committed further offences while subject to an order.”

He sentenced Ms Green to jail for two months, but she was immediately eligible for parole.

She was also ordered to undergo probation for 12 months.

Originally published as Ipswich magistrate furious after Jessica Maree Green reoffends