Sentencing — methamphetamine manufacturing — drug possession. The defendant appeared in Court for sentencing on charges relating to the manufacturing of methamphetamine. The defendant had plead guilty and accepted the sentencing indication given by the Judge. In July 2017, a police investigation into the manufacturing of methamphetamine was prompted after police attended an emergency call, in which the defendant's brother suffered burns to his body in a suspicious explosion. Tests confirmed that the explosion was the result of a parr bomb, a device commonly used in methamphetamine manufacturing. Manufacturing equipment was also discovered and a further property search uncovered a three-foot cannabis plant growing in the back of the property, as well as .53 mls of Class B drug Fantasy, and .358 grams of Class A drug cocaine. Subsequently, an examination of phone records identified six occasions between mid-June and mid-July that the defendant offered methamphetamine to others, totalling 2.6 grams. Records also showed evidence of the defendant offering to supply the drug known as Fantasy. The Judge began with a starting point of five years' imprisonment and uplifted it three months for previous criminal offences. A 25 per cent reduction was granted for guilty pleas and five months deducted for continued rehabilitation efforts. The defendant was sentenced to three years eight months' imprisonment on the lead charge of manufacturing methamphetamine. He also received concurrent sentences of one year six months for supply of the Fantasy drug and possession of cocaine, and one year for cannabis cultivation. Judgment Date: 21 February 2018.