Australian judge believed that over 3, 000 g of raw steroid powder were ordered for self-administration by one person

Brenton Dowell, a bodybuilder from Australia, was caught possessing and importing large amounts of anabolic steroids in March 2011. It was determined that these steroids could be sufficient to be taken for more than 60 years by a person. Numerous individuals believed that this bodybuilder would be sentenced to prison. But Brenton Dowell avoided imprisonment successfully.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service confirmed that this bodybuilder had attempted to import over 3 kg of testosterone powder. The packages which contained the raw powder were mailed in September, October and November 2011. They were shipped to 3 different places: to Dowell’s home, to his father and his stepfather.
Actually, such large quantities of raw powder could be purchased only for manufacture of anabolic steroids by underground labs for selling them on the black market. 3, 000 g of raw testosterone powder could be utilized for preparing of 1500 10-ml vials with ready drugs.
Len Hartnett, the defense attorney for Brenton Dowell, confirmed that the testosterone powder had been ordered for his client’s personal application. He noted that Dowell’s administration of steroids was caused by bullying attacks that he received, when he was an overweight child. Thus, according to the defense attorney, Brenton Dowell became addicted to bodybuilding and started to utilize steroids because he was an overweight kid.
The judge Graeme Hicks was influenced by arguments of the defense attorney Len Harnett that presented experiences of Brenton Dowell in his childhood. He added that it could be concluded that Brenton Dowell had become obsessed by bodybuilding.
So, the judge believed the arguments of Len Harnett. Based on the descriptions and arguments of the defense attorney, the judge Graeme Hicks concluded that Brenton Dowell had purchased steroids personal intake 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 suspended sentence.