Dealers who supply ice to addicts who go on to kill or commit terrorist attacks will be punished with heavier jail sentences in a fresh drugs crackdown.
Victoria’s opposition also wants drug-using accused killers to give up the names of their dealers under a plan to hold suppliers responsible for mass-casualty attacks.
Dealers who sell drugs to addicts that go on to kill people, and know their buyer could turn violent, could be charged and face 10 years’ mandatory jail under a proposal announced by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy on Thursday.
Opposition leader Matthew Guy (pictured) has promised harsher punishments for those who sell drugs to people who go on to kill
‘This new law will hold drug dealers accountable for their actions and for the catastrophic effect of dealing illicit drugs,’ Mr Guy told the Herald Sun.
‘More of the same soft laws will not stamp out mass-casualty, ice-related crime. Only a tough new approach will.’
The Coalition plan would demand proof that the drugs sold to the person who committed the criminal act contributed to it, something which Shadow attorney-general John Pesutto says will be difficult to do.
‘Are there going to be hundreds of cases? No. But where (the link) can be made clear, let’s go after them,’ Mr Pesutto said.
Saeed Noori (pictured) the man accused of the Flinders St attack had a history of drug use
Noori (pictured) is accused of attempting to murder 18 people last Thursday in Melbourne
‘They should feel the full force of the law,’ he told the publication.
Ice use is allegedly to blame for three horrendous attacks in Australia this year.
Saeed Noori, the man accused of attempting to murder 18 people on Flinders Street in Melbourne last Thursday, reportedly had a history of drug use and mental illness.
Nineteen people were injured in the incident, including the driver and an off-duty policeman who heroic wrestled Noori from the car.
Dimitrious Gargasoulas, the man who allegedly ploughed into dozens of pedestrians and killed six people on Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD in January this year, had a history of drug abuse, violence and mental issues.
Dimitrious Gargasoulas (pictured) who allegedly ploughed into people on Bourke Street, reportedly had a history of drug abuse
A close friend of Gargasoulas (pictured) told Daily Mail Australia that ‘ice destroyed him’
A close friend told Daily Mail Australia that Gargasoulas’ Facebook rantings, about Scientology, the Illuminati, and the Free Masons – who would ‘do anything in the power to dominate the world’ – were driven by heavy use of the drug ice.
‘He was a great guy but ice destroyed him. Then he converted to Muslim and changed very quickly. For over a month he’s been on edge,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
‘I knew this bloke really well… I’m not sticking up for him whatsoever and he deserves to be punished for what he’s done, but that evil drug ice was the cause of this,’ he added.
Yacqub Khayre (pictured) named as the attacker behind the ‘ISIS-inspired’ siege in Melbourne
Khayre (pictured) reportedly fell in with the ‘wrong crowd’ and became addicted to meth
Terrorist Yacqub Khayre murdered one man, wounded three police officers and took a woman hostage in a dramatic two-hour siege in a hotel on Bay Street, Brighton, before being shot dead by police in June.
Growing up in Gladstone Park, north Melbourne, he was reportedly a good student at school until his grandfather died in Year 12 and he fell in with the ‘wrong crowd’ and became addicted to meth.
Families of victims killed by ice users have welcomed the plan.
Nick Doyle, whose stepdaughter Kara Doyle was shot dead by her ice-addict boyfriend Mehmet Torun in 2013, told the publication harsher punishments would act as a good deterrent.
‘Dealers deserve to be punished. They are at the very start of it (violence) and are sometimes just as bad,’ he said.
‘It’s devastating for families of people killed or deranged by drugs. A deterrent is a good idea,’ Mr Doyle added.
Ice (stock image) use is allegedly to blame for three horrendous rampages in Australia this year