Beaconsfield teen Jayden Wayne John-Lyle Ainslie sells drugs after dad’s sudden death

He offered delivery and even used runners including a 17-year-old girl.

Mackay teen began trafficking marijuana after his dad died suddenly of a heart attack.

A Beaconsfield teen began selling drugs after his father died to help support his struggling family.

The 18 year old trafficked marijuana for six weeks from February 2020 – he had three customers and also smoked “an ounce a day”.

Mackay District Court heard he began selling drugs to obtain work tickets and planned to stop once he was qualified.

Jayden Wayne John-Lyle Ainslie sold on tick, offered delivery and sometimes used a runner – including a 17-year-old girl – and boasted his “product was of a high quality”.

Police executed search warrants at his grandmother’s home and his own home finding about 117 grams of marijuana, 0.446 grams of ice, three LSD tabs, $500 in cash, two knives and various drug utensils including 11 bongs.

Mackay teen began selling drugs to help support his family.

The court heard Ainslie told police the cash was for groceries and he had found the ice and glass pipe in an air vent when cleaning and planned to throw them away.

He pleaded guilty to trafficking, possessing drugs, cash and utensils and tattooing a minor – the same 17 year old who had run drugs for him.

The court heard Ainslie was extremely cooperative with police, decoding drug terminology and outlining his pricing structure.

The court also heard police had gone to his grandmother’s home to execute a search warrant in relation to someone else, he was there and they found some of the drugs and utensils in his bag.

Crown prosecutions pushed for 2.5 years jail with actual custody, but Judge Julie Dick rejected the submission.

“I will order a period of imprisonment, but I don’t think he has to go into actual custody,” Judge Dick said.

“He made all those admissions to police … and he’s pleaded guilty in a timely way.”

Judge Dick agreed with defence barrister Scott McLennan’s argument for two years jail with immediate parole release, labelling Ainslie as a “naive young man”.

Mr McLennan said the offending had occurred just months after Ainslie turned 18.

“On August 10, 2018 his father died unexpectedly from a heart attack,” Mr McLennan said.

“His father was the sole breadwinner for the family, so when he passed the family began to struggle financially.”

Mr McLennan said Ainslie used some of the money from the trafficking to buy food.

“My client was devastated by his father’s death … he hoped to become an operator like his father,” Mr McLennan said, adding that those tickets cost thousands of dollars.

“He’s essentially turned to trafficking for the food and with the hope of paying for these tickets so he could get some work.”

The court heard Ainslie had been working full-time and was now drug free – a clean drug test from June 2020 was tendered to the court.

Judge Dick accepted in this trafficking “even though it’s commercial, there’s an element of need rather than greed”.

Ainslie was jailed for two years with immediate parole. Judge Dick warned he had been facing actual jail but was saved by his young age, extreme co-operation and early plea.

Convictions were recorded.

Originally published as Beaconsfield teen Jayden Wayne John-Lyle Ainslie sells drugs after dad’s sudden death