Brenton Dowell, an Australian bodybuilder, was caught possessing and importing large quantities of anabolic steroids in March 2011. It was determined that these steroids could be sufficient to be utilized for more than sixty years by one user. Numerous people believed that this bodybuilder would be sentenced to imprisonment. But Brenton Dowell escaped from imprisonment successfully.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service noted that Brenton Dowell had tried to import more than 3 kg of testosterone powder. The packages with the raw steroid powder were mailed in September, October and November 2011. They were directed to three different places: to the home of Dowell, to his father and his stepfather.
In fact, such large quantities of raw powder could be ordered just for manufacture of anabolic steroids by underground labs in order to sell them on the black market. 3 kg of raw steroid powder could be used for getting of 1500 10-ml vials with ready medications.
Len Hartnett, the defense attorney for Brenton Dowell, affirmed that the testosterone powder had been bought for his client’s personal intake. He added that Dowell’s administration of steroids was caused by bullying attacks that he received, when he was an overweight child. Thus, according to Len Harnett, Brenton Dowell became addicted to bodybuilding and began to take steroids because he was an overweight child.
The judge Graeme Hicks was impressed by affirmations of the defense attorney who presented experiences of Dowell in his childhood. He noticed that it could be concluded that Dowell had become obsessed by bodybuilding.
Thus, the judge believed the arguments of Len Harnett. Based on the descriptions and arguments of the defense attorney, the judge Graeme Hicks believed that the bodybuilder Brenton Dowell had bought steroids personal usage and for sales to his friends in order to pay off self-administration.
Brenton Dowell was sentenced to a fine of 10, 000 dollars and 2-year suspended sentence.
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