Suspended imprisonment for stale drug charge

In 2015 our client had been charged with possession with intent to sell or supply a quantity of methylamphetamine located in his car after testing positive to the substance during a random roadside drug test. Our client was not dealt with by the Court for the charges and was eventually arrested on the outstanding warrant in 2019, when we took control of the matter. At sentencing in the District Court, we were able to demonstrate that it would be counter-productive and contrary to the interests of the community to imprison our client, in circumstances where our client was rehabilitated, drug-free, employed and not the same person he was when arrested in 2015. Our client was placed on a suspended imprisonment order and free to continue his life in the community.