He's had every opportunity previously. He's done his dash in that regard
AN INGLEWOOD man caught with weapons, drugs and trafficking paraphernalia has been jailed for a year.
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Police stopped Matthew Lee Vallance, 29, outside Epsom Plaza shopping centre in July this year and took him into custody on outstanding warrants.
A search of his car revealed a machete, large hunting knife, pocketknife and .22 calibre cartridges.
Officers also found eight tablets of Oxycodone and evidence of drug trafficking, including two mobile phones, digital scales and a list of names and money amounts.
Police found two small bags of methamphetamines, 35 capsules of white powder, cannabis, three mobile phones and digital scales in Vallance's coat.
Vallance appeared in the dock at Bendigo Magistrates Court on Friday and pleaded guilty to 31 charges including trafficking, possessing and using methamphetamines and cannabis, possessing ecstasy, and three counts of possessing a controlled weapon.
The charges also included several counts of driving while disqualified or suspended, breaching an interlock condition and speeding.
Vallance was clocked speeding at 186 kilometres per hour on the Calder Freeway near Malmsbury on New Year's Eve last year.
A police search found a samurai sword in the boot.
The court heard Vallance had 19 pages of prior convictions including robbery, driving offences and a County Court appearance for intentionally causing serious injury.
He was most recently jailed for three months in January.
Defence lawyer Alex McLennan said his client had below average intelligence and an ongoing addiction to medications and illicit substances.
He urged the court to send Vallance to a rehabilitation centre but Magistrate Jennifer Tregent said she would not consider a community-based order.
"I'm not going to keep using the state's resources. He's had every opportunity previously. He's done his dash in that regard, " Ms Tregent said..
"If he wants to be serious about his rehabilitation, he's going to have to do that himself and he can do that on a lengthy parole period."
Ms Tregent jailed Vallance for 12 months with six-month non-parole period, and fined him $2500.
She issued him with a stern warning about his driving behaviour.
"186 kilometres an hour, that is a really excessive speed,'' she said.
''I've told other people before, if you want to kill yourself, go right ahead, but don't take anyone else with you."
