Corey John Wilson faces court for supplying 0.5g of methylamphetamine in 2018

Almost four years after selling meth, a Toowoomba man has faced court charged with supplying a dangerous drug.

After almost four years of delays and adjournments, a Toowoomba man has faced court for supplying 0.5g of methylamphetamine in 2018.

Corey John Wilson appeared in Toowoomba District Court on Friday where he pleaded guilty to supplying a dangerous drug.

The court was told it took 18 months for police to discover the offence, after a mobile phone was seized in connection to a second person’s arrest.

Crown prosecutor Shontelle Petrie said after police analysed the contents of the phone they discovered messages related to the supply of methylamphetamine in October 2018.

The court was told Wilson, who was 25 at the time, was asked by the second man if he had any methylamphetamine he could sell to him.

The following day on October 12 Wilson sold the man 0.5g of ice for $180, Ms Petrie said.

Wilson’s barrister Scott Lynch said the 18 months between the initial sale of the drug to when his client was issued with a notice to appear in court and charged with supplying a dangerous drug “an extraordinary period of time”.

He also acknowledged that while some delay in the matter was attributable to police, other delays were a result of his client failing to attend court and take on legal representation.

Judge Michael Byrne QC placed Wilson on a $200 recognisance to be of good behaviour for six months. A conviction was recorded.