Meth trafficker says she should be released from jail because she ‘never sold ice’

‘I only sold them rock salt’: Meth trafficker says she should be released from jail because she ‘never sold ice’ and all she did wrong was scam addicts

  • Candice Allen Bo scammed customers with rock salt instead of the drug ice
  • She kept the actual drugs and money she earned to fuel her ice addiction
  • Allen pleaded guilty to drug trafficking between October 2016 and April 2017
  • She said she should have been found guilty of defrauding customers instead

A meth trafficker said she should be released from jail because she only scammed victims with rock salt she told them was ice.

Candice Bo Allen, from Townsville, Queensland, said she kept the actual drugs and money she earned to fuel her addiction and would sell fake ice to customers. 

She argues that she should have been found guilty of defrauding customers, instead of drug trafficking. 

Candice Bo Allen scammed customers into buying fake ice which was actually rock salt 

Allen pleaded guilty to drug trafficking between October 2016 and April 2017, the Sunshine Coast Daily reported. 

She was sentenced to four and a half years in jail. 

Allen represented herself during a court hearing in 2018 and told the judge she never sold real ice. 

Allen has appealed her drug trafficking conviction and argues she should have pleaded guilty to defrauding customers instead

Allen has appealed her drug trafficking conviction and argues she should have pleaded guilty to defrauding customers instead  

She appealed her conviction at the Queensland Court of Appeal.  

Allen claims she was pressured to plead guilty to the drug trafficking charge and felt she was unable to challenge her guilty plea.    

Her case was postponed so she can apply for legal aid and she will face court again at a later date.    

Allen was sentenced for four and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking

Allen was sentenced for four and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking 

 

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