An Albury woman with a relapsed illicit drug habit and a lengthy criminal record has abandoned a bail application on being jailed over a series of charges.
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Lisa Renee Restall had wanted to be freed from police custody after her arrest on a warrant and over fresh matters.
But Albury Local Court magistrate Richard Funston has decided to instead sentence Restall, having told her he was strongly considering an intensive corrections order.
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Restall, 43, had been the last fresh custody case to go before the court after she reported experiencing COVID-19-type symptoms.
Mr Funston told her of his thinking though emphasised this wasn't a given, then stood the matters down until every other case on the day's list had been completed.
He then imposed the 12-month order, which he said was a jail sentence to be served in the community.
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Restall pleaded guilty to all charges, including like-matters on the warrant.
Albury detectives were in Wantigong Street, North Albury, on Monday about 3pm when they saw a white Holden Commodore heading east.
They stopped the car in a nearby retirement village and, on seeing her in the back seat, searched Restall's handbag.
Inside was a capped syringe holding 40 millilitres of brown, liquid methamphetamine.
The detectives also found a tablet of suboxone used to treat opioid dependence and suspected stolen property, including a Medicare card, a Victorian firearms licence and two debit cards.
She faced two drug possession and four goods in custody charges over the incident.
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