Kim Patricia Dixon sentenced in Toowoomba Magistrates Court for supplying dangerous drugs, drug driving
A police raid of a Newtown property busted a mother of four after phone messages found she had been involved in orchestrating the supply of dangerous drugs in Toowoomba.
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A Toowoomba horse trainer has been hit with hefty fines, and placed on probation, after pleading guilty to a string of drug-related offending.
Kim Patricia Dixon, 29, fronted Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Tuesday where she was convicted of supplying and possessing dangerous drugs, and two separate drug driving incidents.
The court was told that about 5.05pm on January 15 police executed a search warrant at a Newtown address that uncovered 1.54g of a crystal substance, scales and money. Police prosecutor Alister Windsor said a search of Dixon’s phone found messages that indicated she had been involved in the supply of dangerous drugs.
The court was also told Dixon was caught drug driving after a single-vehicle crash on December 4, 2021, and again on 13 February 2022. On both occasions Dixon returned positive readings to methylamphetamine.
Dixon also pleaded guilty to a unrelated public nuisance charge dating from October 23, 2021 where she had been involved in a melee with another woman while trying to catch an Uber about 1.45am after a night out at the Cube Hotel.
Dixon’s solicitor Amber Acreman told the court her client was a mother of four, and that her issue with drugs stemmed from the collapse of a long-term relationship which had been marred by domestic violence.
The drug use got worse after Dixon’s sister was diagnosed with brain cancer late last year, the court was told.
Ms Acreman said her client had since managed to “pull up” her escalating drug use, and had been clean since her second drug driving offence in February.
A horse trainer who works alongside her father, Ms Acreman said Dixon had been working towards turning her life around.
Magistrate Howard Osborne fined Dixon a total of $2000, disqualified from driving for 4 months and placed on 12 months probation.
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