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Jett Pincham-Brown trafficked meth and cannabis on streets of Toowoomba

The 22-year-old trafficked meth and cannabis daily on the streets of Toowoomba before being busted. See what the court did with him.

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A 22-year-old man caught trafficking methamphetamine and cannabis on the streets of Toowoomba has been given a two-and-a-half year jail term.

However, Jett Pincham-Brown will be released next month after spending eight months in custody on the trafficking and other offences.

Toowoomba Supreme Court heard the then 21-year-old was found with 28.6g of cannabis during a police search of a Toowoomba home on March 15.

A police analysis of Pincham-Brown’s phone showed trafficked meth and cannabis for a five-week period from February 8, Crown prosecutor Nicole Friedewald told the court.

Jett Pincham-Brown
Jett Pincham-Brown

Pincham-Brown pleaded guilty to trafficking and possessing dangerous drugs.

Ms Friedewald said Pincham-Brown was on probation and a suspended jail sentence at the time of offending, and though he had spent 247 days in custody since his arrest, 147 days of that had been declared by the court at a previous sentence.

Defence barrister Jack Kennedy told the court his client grew up in the Gold Coast area and in a house where drug use was prevalent.

Pincham-Brown’s mother used meth when he was a child, and he started using cannabis at 15 and meth by 17, Mr Kennedy said.

He added Pincham-Brown’s offending was to fund his own drug habit.

Justice David Boddice noted it was “an intense period of trafficking, although a short period of trafficking”.

Telling Pincham-Brown it was important for a young offender to have certainty of release, Justice Boddice said he had reduced the sentence from three years to two and a half years, and declared the 100 days of pre-sentence custody as time served.

Pincham-Brown will be released on parole on December 16.

Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-toowoomba/jett-pinchambrown-trafficked-meth-and-cannabis-on-streets-of-toowoomba/news-story/d162f6584059a243d57bd6f45cd5665d