Brenton Dowell, an Australian bodybuilder, was caught possessing and illegally importing large quantities of anabolic steroids in March 2011. It was determined that these steroids could be sufficient to be administered for over sixty years by one user. A lot of people thought that this bodybuilder would be sentenced to imprisonment. But Dowell avoided imprisonment successfully.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service claimed that this bodybuilder had attempted to import over 3 kg of testosterone powder. The packages that contained the raw steroid powder were mailed in September, October and November 2011. They were directed to three various places: to Dowell’s home, to his father and his stepfather.
Actually, such large quantities of raw powder could be ordered only 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 preparing of 1500 10-ml vials with ready products.
Len Hartnett, the defense attorney for Brenton Dowell, argued that the testosterone powder had been bought for his client’s personal administration. He noted that Dowell’s use of steroids was caused by bullying attacks which he received, when he was an overweight kid. So, according to Len Harnett, Brenton Dowell became addicted to bodybuilding and began to use steroids because he was an overweight child.
The judge Graeme Hicks was impressed by affirmations of the defense attorney that presented experiences of Dowell in his childhood. He noted that it could be concluded that Dowell had become obsessed by bodybuilding.
Thus, the judge believed the arguments of the defense attorney. Based on the descriptions and arguments of the defense attorney, the judge Graeme Hicks believed that the bodybuilder Brenton Dowell had ordered steroids for self-administration and for sales to his friends in order to pay off personal usage.
Brenton Dowell was sentenced to a fine of 10, 000 dollars and 2-year probation.
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