Brenton Dowell, a bodybuilder from Australia, was caught possessing and importing great amounts of anabolic steroids in March 2011. It was defined that these steroids could be sufficient to be used for over 60 years by one consumer. Many individuals thought that this bodybuilder would be sentenced to imprisonment. But Brenton Dowell escaped from imprisonment successfully.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service noted that the bodybuilder Brenton Dowell had attempted to smuggle over 3 kg of testosterone powder. The packages that contained the raw powder were mailed in September, October and November 2011. They were directed to 3 various places: to the home of Dowell, to his father and his stepfather.
In fact, such large quantities of raw powder could be bought just for manufacture of anabolic steroids by underground labs in order to sell them on the black market. 3, 000 g of raw steroid powder could be used for getting of 1500 10-ml vials with ready products.
Len Hartnett, the defense attorney for Brenton Dowell, affirmed that the testosterone powder had been purchased for his client’s personal use. He added that Dowell’s use of steroids was caused by bullying attacks which he received, when he was an overweight kid. Thus, according to the defense attorney, Brenton Dowell became addicted to bodybuilding and began to take steroids because he was an overweight kid.
The judge Graeme Hicks was impressed by arguments of the defense attorney that described experiences of Dowell in his childhood. He noticed that it could be concluded that Dowell had become obsessed by bodybuilding.
Thus, the judge accepted bullying excuse. Based on the descriptions and affirmations of the defense attorney, the judge Graeme Hicks concluded that the bodybuilder Brenton Dowell had ordered steroids for self-administration and for sales to his friends in order to pay off personal intake.
The bodybuilder Brenton Dowell was sentenced to a fine of 10, 000 dollars and 2-year probation.
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