Meth addiction behind Garlett's fall
Former Hawthorn young gun Dayle Garlett has admitted a methylamphetamine problem which he developed in Melbourne led him to commit burglaries in Perth to feed his addiction.
The 20-year-old was today sentenced to community service and placed on an intensive supervision order, after pleading guilty to two burglaries and receiving stolen goods earlier this year.
The Swan Districts product in May bought iPads and jewellery for $350 knowing they were stolen, and then in July broke into the former home of a friend in Midvale and stole a purse and phone belonging to a cleaner.
Then in September he broke into another house in Greenmount with an associate and ransacked it, stealing laptops, iPads, clothes, hats and a phone worth more than $4500.
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Garlett, who quit the Hawks in March this year, has spent nearly two months in prison awaiting today's sentencing hearing.
After his guilty pleas were entered, Perth magistrate Paul Heany told the court how Garlett had revealed to a psychiatrist he had developed a meth addition while in Melbourne and on his return to Perth turned to crime to feed it.
All Garlett's earnings from AFL football were gone, the magistrate said, and he would have to rely on Centrelink on his release from prison.
The court was told that Garlett hopes to return to train with his former WAFL club Swan Districts later this month.
Garlett will be subject of a supervision order for 12 months, and will have to perform 60 hours of community service. He was also ordered to repay nearly $5000 to the victim of his last burglary.
