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A lawyer in the Riverina has been found guilty of being part of a criminal group supplying drugs linked to an outlaw motorcycle gang.
An Albury District Court jury found Alina Yousif guilty of taking part in the supply of a prohibited drug, participating in a criminal group and contributing to a criminal activity and using false document to influence the exercise of public duty.
Court documents state Ms Yousif was involved in supplying 55.5 grams of the drug ice with surveillance catching her counting and discussing money made from the supply.
Prior to the raid, police had set up surveillance at Ms Yousif and her partner Clinton Roy Parkinson’s home and caught them discussing the cash linked to the drug.
Court records reveal police captured her counting and at one stage, she asked Mr Parkinson, “How much do you need to get up?” to which he said $12,000 because “they’re giving me three ounces”.
Police allege Ms Yousif, who was not originally part of an initial target of a police operation, was one of four arrested in late 2017 after police raided the North Albury house she shared with 36-year-old Mr Parkinson – her partner at the time.
The court also heard Ms Yousif was employed as a solicitor for the Aboriginal Legal Services at the time of the arrest.
“You’d expect Ms Yousif had an understanding of the criminal laws of NSW,” Crown prosecutor Paul Kerr told the jury.
Police reveals that in this deal with the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, Ms Yousif told Mr Parkinson he needed another $4,000 and offered to withdraw $2,000 from her own account.
Around the same period, she helped forge a fake driver’s licence and letter from the Indian consulate to obtain an unrestricted driver’s licence, which cost about $1,200 for Wangaratta man Danny Kearney.
According to the court documents, Mr Kearney was part of the four arrested, serving a 12-month jail term for dishonesty offences and participating in a criminal group, court documents state.
The fourth offender, David Alan Oddy, 67, was sentenced in 2018 to a minimum of 16 months for drug-dealing offences.
Following the verdict, Ms Yousif was granted bail, which includes her parents providing security over their home in the amount of $1 million.
She is scheduled for sentencing on 25 June at Griffith District Court.
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Tony Zhang
