A Launceston man who was released from jail after being placed on a drug treatment order rather than serve a further eight-month sentence was warned to move away from his former associates.
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Magistrate Sharon Cure said she had reservations about admitting Ziggy Robert Brunskill to the drug treatment order which allows an offender to escape jail as long as they abide by conditions of the order and undergo drug treatment.
Brunskill would have received an eight-month jail sentence for offences including motor vehicle stealing, burglary, stealing, firearms and driving offences if not for the drug treatment order.
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He had already served three months in jail from March.
He told Ms Cure that it was the second time he had been on such order.
She said one of the reasons that he had accepted a report that he was suitable for the program was because he would live with his grandfather at Longford.
"If you are going to hang around with the old crew we know what happens," she said.
"They're all in jail at the moment," Mr Brunskill replied.
Ms Cure said that she was concerned about his history with firearms for which was subject of a prohibition order.
Defence counsel Hannah Phillips said Brunskill's latest firearms' offence was of very low criminality.
She said a person offered him a weapon for sale and handled it briefly, but said he didn't want it and handed it back.
"It was fleeting possession and he pleaded guilty to possession just briefly," she said.
Ms Cure disqualified Brunskill from driving for nine months.
Brunskill thanked Ms Cure for the opportunity.