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Leann Tracy Jaraminas, 45, pleaded guilty on March 5 in Rockhampton District Court to 11 counts of supplying a dangerous drug.
Crown prosecutor Alana Murray said Jaraminas’s supplies were detected while police were listening to the phone calls of convicted Biloela drug traffickers Beau Rasmussen and Erin Dawn Green.
Ms Murray said the supplies were an escalation in Jaraminas’ offending as she had one conviction of supply and one of produce a dangerous drug on her nine-page criminal record, both for marijuana.
The supplies Jaraminas made to Green in 2019 were mostly personal use amounts of marijuana along with some methamphetamines and one count for ecstasy.
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Rockhampton’s District Court had a challenging year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, recording the state’s lowest clearance rates for regional courts for criminal matters.
The busy court had a clearance rate of just 69.8 per cent in the 2019/2020 period for criminal matters, with 341 new cases lodged and 238 cleared.
It is a far cry from the 2016-17 financial year clearance rate of 103.6 per cent, meaning there was a 33.8 per cent drop in Rockhampton district court matters finalised.
This is in comparison to the state’s other regional District Courts clearance rates – Beenleigh (99.5 per cent), Cairns (89 per cent), Ipswich (96.4 per cent), Maroochydore (80.6 per cent), Southport (91.1 per cent) and Townsville (88.1 per cent).
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An armed robber and attempted armed robber skipped out on the second robbery after the service station employee offered a bag full of cash to him.
Jamie Liam Hutchinsonâs behaviour during both offences was described as âunusualâ and âirrationalâ during sentencing in Rockhampton District Court on March 5.
Hutchinson, 28, pleaded guilty to the offences he carried out on April 1 and July 3, 2020.
Crown prosecutor Matthew Fleetwood said the first victim opened the door for Hutchinson and his female companion about 10pm on April 1 at the BP on Kent St.
Hutchinson asked where the phone chargers were and went to them once pointed in the right direction.