Queensland police are set to drop charges against Sally Kuether, a Brisbane librarian who faced up to three years’ jail under controversial anti-association laws for going to a pub with her alleged bikie partner.

Kuether, who police had alleged ran foul of the laws because she was a “participant” in the Life and Death bikie gang, of which her boyfriend was allegedly a member, learned police would dropped the charge on Tuesday.



Kuether told Guardian Australia she was overwhelmed with relief at the news, which came a day before her case was due back in the Brisbane magistrates court.



“No jail time. I’m seriously in another realm at the moment. I can’t quite begin to explain quite where I am,” she said.



“I’m very grateful, I’m very grateful to my legal team,” she said.



Kuether was arrested after she entered a Dayboro pub in December 2013 allegedly wearing a Life and Death club jacket bearing the words “property of Crow”, a reference to the nickname of her partner Philip “Crow” Palmer, 60.



Police alleged another man with them, Ronald Germain, 54, was also a member of Life and Death, one of the motorcycle clubs declared a criminal organisation by the former Newman government in a sweeping crackdown on the bikie subculture.



Under an amendment to the state’s criminal code, three or more “participants” of a criminal organisation face a mandatory six months to three years jail if they gather in public.



If police withdraw the charge against Kuether, the case against Palmer and Germain collapses.



Police will proceed with charges against all three of wearing prohibited items in licensed premises – an offence that attracts a fine under Queensland law.

Kuether said she would still attend proceedings in court on Wednesday, where the police prosecutor is expected to offer no evidence on the association charge.



The new Palaszcuk Labor government had vowed in opposition to repeal the anti-association laws.



Since taking office, the government has committed only to reviewing the laws.



A spokeswoman for Queensland police declined to comment.

