Australian judge believed strange affirmations

Brenton Dowell, an Australian bodybuilder, 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 over sixty years by a person. Many individuals believed that this bodybuilder would be sentenced to prison. But Dowell escaped from imprisonment successfully.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service claimed that Brenton Dowell had attempted to import over 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 different places: to Dowell’s home, to his father and his stepfather.
In fact, such large amounts of raw powder could be ordered just for manufacture of anabolic steroids by underground labs for selling them on the black market. 3 kg of raw testosterone powder could be used for getting of 1500 10-ml vials with ready products.
Len Hartnett, the defense attorney for Brenton Dowell, claimed that the testosterone powder had been purchased for his client’s personal usage. He added that Dowell’s usage of steroids was a response to bullying attacks which he received, when he was an overweight child. So, according to the defense attorney Len Hartnett, Brenton Dowell became addicted to bodybuilding and started to administer steroids because he was an overweight child.
The judge Graeme Hicks was influenced by arguments of the defense attorney Len Harnett that presented experiences of Dowell in his childhood. The judge Graeme Hicks 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 affirmations of the defense attorney, the judge Graeme Hicks concluded that the bodybuilder Brenton Dowell had ordered steroids personal usage 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 2-year suspended sentence.