A 30-year-old man who bribed a “corrupt” Yatala prison staffer to give his brother drugs in jail has been sentenced to almost two years of home detention.

Moujtaba Joubouri pleaded guilty to bribing prison case manager Michael Charles Asker in December 2018.

Asker was sentenced in May 2020 to two-and-a-half years of home detention.

The District Court heard Joubouri met with Asker at an Oakden reserve park bench, bringing with him two coffee cups, one containing drugs and $500.

During sentencing, Chief Justice Michael Evans said Joubouri’s bribery and attempt to smuggle drugs to his brother was “sophisticated and deliberate.”

“Asker entered the reserve and sat down opposite you, you had a conversation, shook hands and Asker took the coffee cup back to his car,” Chief Justice Evans said.

Chief Justice Evans said an undercover investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption against Asker exposed Joubouri’s offending.

“The optical device concealed inside Asker’s car captures him sitting in the driver’s seat. Counting some cash and placing a package in the driver’s-side door,” Chief Justice Evans said.

The court heard ICAC officers and police later attended Asker’s address and seized the package, which contained 6 grams of methamphetamine and another drug.

“Asker admitted receiving the package and the $500,” Chief Justice Evans said.

The court heard Asker and Joubouri used phone apps that allowed a “disappearing message function” to enable covert communication.

Chief Justice Evans didn’t agree with Joubouri’s lawyer that his client should receive a suspended sentence.

“Facilitating the supply or distribution of drugs into the prison system threatens the safety of the community,” Chief Justice Evans said.

But he agreed the 30-year-old’s offending wasn’t as serious as Asker’s.

“There is an absence of any discernible benefit to you,” he said.

“You were not the instigator, and it appears that Asker was already corrupt when you became involved.”

Joubouri will be eligible for parole in 12 months.