Daniel White-Mayne: Man paroled after shooting at police admits to Gold Coast drug stash
A man previously jailed for shooting at a police officer who had shot him in the scrotum has admitted possessing methamphetamine and cocaine while on parole.
Daniel Luke White-Mayne, 34, appeared in Brisbane Supreme Court via video link on Monday and pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a dangerous drug exceeding two grams.
White-Mayne was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment in November 2019 for drug trafficking charges as well as an incident that began with him pulling a revolver on two officers on Queensland’s Gold Coast in January 2017.
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After being wounded, White-Mayne fired a single shot at the officer.
A jury later found White-Mayne not guilty of attempted murder but guilty of an alternative charge of attempted striking to resist arrest.
Justice Peter Davis on Monday heard a search of White-Mayne’s home in the Gold Coast suburb of Varsity Lakes on January 13 had turned up the equivalent of 16.3 grams of pure meth and 11 grams of cocaine.
“This was possession at least partially for a commercial purpose ... it is complicated by the fact you were on parole at the time,” Justice Davis said.
White-Mayne, appearing via videolink from Capricornia Correctional Centre, nodded when Justice Davis said the offending was influenced by his serious and long-term drug addiction.
Defence barrister Samuel Bain said there was reason to have “guarded optimism for rehabilitation” in his client’s case.
“[His family are] confident in his rehabilitation but that the Gold Coast is not the place to do it,” Mr Bain said.
Justice Davis sentenced White-Mayne to two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment to be served concurrently with his previous sentence, which will expire in October 2027.
White-Mayne will be eligible to apply for parole immediately having served 366 days in pre-sentence custody.
Justice Davis issued a serious drug offence certificate for White-Mayne’s latest offending, which could leave him liable for asset seizure by the state government.
