Australian bodybuilder that imported over 3 kg of raw steroid powder was sentenced just to fine and probation

Brenton Dowell, an Australian bodybuilder, was caught possessing and smuggling large 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 believed that this bodybuilder would be sentenced to prison. But Dowell avoided imprisonment successfully.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service claimed that Brenton Dowell had attempted to import illegally more than 3 kg of testosterone powder. The packages that contained the raw powder were mailed in September, October and November 2011. They were shipped to three various places: to Dowell’s home, to his father and his stepfather.
In fact, such large amounts of raw testosterone powder could be purchased just for manufacture of anabolic steroids by underground labs for selling them on the black market. 3, 000 g of raw steroid powder could be utilized for getting of 1500 10-ml vials with ready medicines.
Len Hartnett, the defense attorney for Brenton Dowell, claimed that the testosterone powder had been bought for his client’s personal application. He noticed that Dowell’s intake of steroids was caused by bullying attacks which he received, when he was an overweight child. Thus, according to Len Harnett, Brenton Dowell became addicted to bodybuilding and started to take steroids because he was an overweight kid.
The judge Graeme Hicks was influenced by words of the defense attorney Len Harnett who presented experiences of Dowell in his childhood. The judge mentioned that it could be concluded that Brenton 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 believed that Brenton Dowell had bought steroids personal administration and for sales to his friends in order to pay off personal use.
The bodybuilder Brenton Dowell was enforced to pay a fine of 10, 000 dollars and to serve probation of two years.