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Subscriber only A convicted Sunshine Coast synthetic cannabis trafficker has had her life ruined due to seven year delay in the court proceedings. Phaedra Joy Barrett, 49, pleaded guilty on Monday to trafficking and producing dangerous drugs from April 2013 to August 2014, and possessing cash and other items used to run her synthetics cannabis business on the Sunshine Coast. The mother of two had previously appealed a court ruling after she was found guilty by a judge-only trial and sentenced to two years imprisonment in 2020. Barrett had served 198 days in prison before winning her appeal and was released on bail.