A woman described as an "enabler" has admitted to helping her son flee the country to avoid serious drug charges, but she will not spend any more time in jail.
Elizabeth Anne Turner pleaded guilty to one count each of perverting the course of justice and giving false and misleading testimony.
Two further charges of giving false and misleading testimony were dismissed.
Last year the 68-year-old Mackay woman was sentenced to four years in jail after a jury found her guilty of all four charges, but she successfully had the convictions set aside on appeal.
On Thursday a sentencing hearing in the District Court in Brisbane heard in 2015 Turner had purchased a yacht in a bid to "aid her son to permanently escape justice" and then later lied to authorities to help him "avoid detection and apprehension".
Markis Scott Turner had been on bail and awaiting trial for his alleged involvement in a major drug smuggling and trafficking operation when he fled the country, sailing to the Philippines.
The court heard in 2016, Turner continued to help her fugitive son by telling authorities she believed he had taken his own life.
Mr Turner was eventually found and arrested overseas but is still attempting to fight his extradition five years later, the court heard.
Offences have been 'emotionally disastrous'
When handing down his sentence, Judge Ian Dearden described the offending as "extremely serious" and "deeply concerning conduct".
"You were the enabler in respect of him fleeing the jurisdiction and then you told lies," she said.
"The steps that you took might perhaps be understood as the actions of a mother who was seeking to protect a child."
Judge Dearden said to Turner, the consequences of her "very poor decisions" and "misguided attempts" to save her son from possible prosecution, had since come to "haunt you in every possible way".
"They've been emotionally disastrous, they've had a significant effect on your mental health, they've had a significant effect on your physical health, they've been financially devastating to your family," he said.
"You effectively put all of that at substantial risk, as well as your own liberty in the interest of your son and that might I say was appallingly misplaced and very destructive."
Turner was sentenced to three years in jail, but Judge Dearden ordered she could leave court today after she had already spent 10 months in custody.
She was also given a good behaviour bond for a period of four years.
Before she was released from the dock to leave court, Judge Dearden gave her a final warning.
"Whatever you do, do not even vaguely contemplate breaching criminal law again in respect to anything that happens with respect to your son," he said.
"I sincerely hope this is the final chapter."
