Australian bodybuilder imported over 3, 000 g of raw testosterone powder

Brenton Dowell, a bodybuilder from Australia, was caught possessing and illegally importing significant quantities of anabolic steroids in March 2011. It was determined that these steroids could be sufficient to be used for more than sixty years by a person. Many people believed that this bodybuilder would be sentenced to imprisonment. But Brenton Dowell avoided imprisonment successfully.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service confirmed that Brenton Dowell had attempted to smuggle more than 3 kg of testosterone powder. The packages which contained the raw powder were mailed in September, October and November 2011. They were directed to 3 various places: to Dowell’s home, to his father and his stepfather.
In fact, such large amounts of raw testosterone 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 preparing of 1500 10-ml vials with ready medications.
Len Hartnett, the defense attorney for Brenton Dowell, claimed that the testosterone powder had been bought for his client’s personal intake. He noted that Dowell’s use of steroids was a response to bullying attacks that he received, when he was an overweight kid. So, according to the defense attorney Len Hartnett, Brenton Dowell became addicted to bodybuilding and began to use steroids because he was an overweight kid.
The judge Graeme Hicks was impressed by affirmations of the defense attorney Len Harnett that presented experiences of Dowell in his childhood. He mentioned that it could be concluded that Brenton Dowell had become obsessed by bodybuilding.
So, 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 bought steroids personal administration and for sales to his friends in order to pay off personal usage.
The bodybuilder Brenton Dowell was sentenced to a fine of 10, 000 dollars and probation of two years.