A woman caught with methamphetamine, a knife, shotgun cartridges, stolen number plates and stolen licences has avoided further jail time, but must complete a community corrections order.
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Julie Retallick, 42, pleaded guilty in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court to charges of unlicensed driving, possessing cartridge ammunition, possessing a controlled weapon, possessing methamphetamine, driving an unregistered vehicle, dishonestly retaining stolen goods, using a vehicle displaying incorrect number plates, and committing an indictable offence on bail.
Magistrate Bruce Cottrill determined Retallick's four days in custody constituted an appropriate jail term, but imposed further penalties.
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Police intercepted Retallick driving in Jackass Flat last month in a car bearing number plates stolen in December 2018 from a vehicle in a supermarket car park.
Inside the vehicle, police found ziplock bags containing stolen Victorian IDs and Medicare cards.
She also had a pocket knife.
Retallick was unlicensed, so the vehicle was impounded.
Then on March 24, police patrolling on Hattam Street, Golden Square saw Retallick and another person near a business.
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When asked what they were doing, they replied they were "waiting for a mate" to buy car parts.
A search of their vehicle uncovered Retallick's handbag and inside it, a syringe loaded with 2.5 millilitres of a cloudy liquid Retallick said was ice.
Later, Retallick was found with a ziplock bag containing a crystal substance, which she said had been in her bra.
A search of her home revealed two shotgun cartridges.
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She was on a community corrections order at the time.
Defence lawyer Nicholas Rolfe said his client had bought the car involved in the first incident the week before and was unaware of the stolen IDs in the glove box, but had put the stolen plates on it because it was unregistered.
Mr Cottrill placed Retallick on a further 12-month community corrections order with treatment conditions.
Retallick was also fined $400 and disqualified from driving for six months.
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Natalie Croxon
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
