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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Family reasons behind sentencing delay for commercial drug dealer

A judge has told a Windale woman - guilty of supplying a commercial quantity of methylamphetamine - that she would certainly learn her fate next month, after he again delayed sentencing so she could finalise arrangements for her adult son, who lives with a disability.

Marife Farnham, 50, pleaded guilty in Newcastle District Court in March before Judge Peter McGrath granted the first of several adjournments - during which Ms Farnham was given bail - in order for her to set up care and finances for her son while she served what was expected to be a full-time jail term.

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