FIFO worker Lilly-Mae Wilkie, 28, pleads guilty to supplying drugs in Toowoomba

A seemingly upstanding young woman was caught out when a little pink book uncovered her years-long illicit drug dealings.

Lilly-Mae Wilkie, 28, outside Toowoomba Magistrates Court after she pleaded guilty to supplying dangerous drugs. Picture: The Chronicle.

An unassuming young Toowoomba woman was found to be peddling drugs for years after police discovered her little pink logbook.

Toowoomba FIFO worker Lilly-Mae Wilkie, 28, pleaded guilty to 25 drug and possession offences including 14 charges of supplying dangerous drugs before Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The court heard police found various drug paraphernalia in an unrelated search of Ms Wilkie home, at which time the young woman made full admission to dealing cannabis to the community.

Police said Ms Wilkie documented her escapades in a pink notebook, found in the home, which listed illicit dealings dating back to 2019.

She told police she would “buy in bulk” and repackage the cannabis into small quantities to sell but, when questioned on the sophistication of her operation, she claimed she was “not that smart”.

Skuse Graham Criminal Lawyers solicitor Claire Graham said Ms Wilkie had consistently co-operated with police and had firmly learned her lesson.

“The level of cooperation, admissions she made to police are perhaps far in excess of what they perhaps would have otherwise been able to prove,” she said.

“Because of her cannabis use and really the wake up call as a result of being charged with these offences and the potential effect on her ongoing employment … she now comes before the court with no further offending.

“She had used cannabis, on my instructions, for essentially night terrors … (but) she has stopped her cannabis use all together.”

She said Ms Wilkie came from a good home and education, with no criminal history to date.

Magistrate Mark Howden warned Ms Wilkie any step out of line would likely be picked up by police.

“You seem to me to be a person with a strong family background: you worked on a family farm in the past, you’re 28 years of age, you’ve got no criminal history, you’ve pleaded guilty,” he said.

“One of the issues is going to be that you’ve now come to the attention of the police.

“They are now well aware … and I think you can probably be rest assured that they’ll be keeping an eye on you moving forward.”

Ms Wilkie was fined $3500 with no convictions recorded.