Our client was charged with two counts of supplying a prohibited drug and two counts of agent corruptly receive benefit. Our client was a prison guard at the time of these offences and the prosecution alleged that our client’s conduct facilitated the introduction of prohibited drugs into a correctional facility. This matter was prosecuted by the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions before the Wollongong Local Court.
After analysing a voluminous brief of evidence, Mr Sam Karnib negotiated a plea deal that involved our client pleading guilty to the two lesser charges, agent corruptly receive benefit. The two supply charges were withdrawn and dismissed. Mr Sam Karnib also negotiated agreed facts which minimised our client’s involvement in the offending conduct. These facts stipulated that police began investigating the introduction of drugs into the correctional facility and identified a number of people, including inmates, their family members and associates, who were allegedly involved.
Mr Sam Karnib appeared before the court and submitted that our client was very reserved, unlikely to re-offend and was a person of otherwise good character. Also tendered was psychological material which detailed our client’s mental state at the time of the offending.
While two co-offenders were sentenced to gaol terms for offences of drug supply, our client was sentenced to a 12-month Intensive Corrections Order which could be served within the community. Our client was relieved to be able to serve her time within the community, watch her daughters grow and maintain her relationship with her partner and mother.