Meth-trafficking mum jailed for at least a year after she was busted at Warrane with bags of ice
A Warrane mum-of-five with who used meth to self-medicate after a history of trauma – and dealt the insidious drug – has been sentenced in court.
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A WARRANE mother who used crystal meth to self-medicate after a history of trauma will spend a year in jail for trafficking the insidious drug.
Vanessa Lee Wolf, 43, started using ice at age 26 after she was abused growing up and later tragically lost her three-month-old child.
She appeared in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on Monday for sentence after she pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in a controlled substance and one count of dealing with proceeds of crime.
Justice Gregory Geason said on December 21 last year, a car Wolf was travelling in was pulled over by police at Warrane.
He said she was caught with 26.5g of ice in total, which was distributed between several snap-lock bags, and $3920 cash.
Justice Geason said the drugs would have had a street value between $7570 and $26,500.
He said on top of her personal traumas, Wolf got into the drug after her previous partner was sent to jail, leaving her in financial difficulties to repay their mortgage alone.
“It was in the context of these troubles that you were introduced to methamphetamine,” he said.
The court previously heard that Wolf felt safer in jail than the outside world and that she had a list of prior convictions that was 55 pages long.
She was on parole for other offending when she was caught trafficking last year.
“There is a need to deter others from behaviours such as yours,” Justice Geason said.
“By your conduct, you have contributed to others embarking on a similar path to yours.”
However, Justice Geason also noted Wolf was committed to her rehabilitation.
He convicted her and sentenced her to 22 months jail, with a non-parole period of 12 months.
She was also ordered to pay $3043 in drug analysis costs.
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