JUDGE JAILS HEROIN MOTHER

A woman who became an entrepreneur for her daughter's heroin business
was jailed yesterday with her daughter.

The judge who jailed Snjezana Pavic, 47, said the woman had been
motivated by greed and not by any maternal concerns for her daughter,
Rosemary Pavic, 21.

Judge Leslie Ross, of the County Court, said that Snjezana Pavic's
lawyer had submitted that she began trafficking in heroin after her
daughter became addicted.

Judge Ross said Snjezana Pavic had claimed that the best way to
protect Rosemary Pavic from the "illegal sub-culture of heroin" was to
provide her with drugs.

Judge Ross said he was told that Snjezana Pavic had tried to
"insulate" her daughter, but he rejected her "maternal concerns" and
said her main motivation was greed and to maintain her gambling habit.

When arrested in Geelong on 3 June last year, Snjezana Pavic had 14
foils of heroin in her bra and Rosemary Pavic had seven foils in her
underwear.

The pair pleaded guilty earlier this week to one charge each of
trafficking in heroin between 1 January and 3 June, 1999. In his
sentencing, Judge Ross said the pair had been involved in a
"particularly well-organised criminal enterprise", with Snjezana Pavic
playing an entrepreneurial role.

He accepted that Snjezana Pavic had been a gambling addict and had
gambled large sums at the casino, including some of the proceeds from
her crimes.

Snjezana Pavic, of Walsgott Street, North Geelong, was jailed for two
years, with a minimum of 15 months, and Rosemary Pavic, of the same
address, was jailed for 15 months, with a minimum of eight months.