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Steroid trafficker’ and Gold Coast concreter Brenton Fysh granted immediate parole
June 23, 2017 12:00am
A LOCAL concreter who sold steroids to 45 people on Gold Coast has been granted immediate parole in a Brisbane court.
Brenton Fysh, 33, was sentenced to three years’ jail in the Brisbane Supreme Court after pleading guilty to one count of trafficking steroids including clenbuterol, which is commonly used by body builders to slim down.
The court was told Fysh passed on the steroids more than 100 times to people he knew from the gym and socially over a 15-month period between April 2013 and June 2014.
The tradie was granted immediate parole after the court found he had done the bulk of the trafficking in 2013 but had “tapered” off peddling the drugs in 2014.
“Off your own back, you (were becoming less) involved in the trafficking,” Justice Jean Dalton said during Fysh’s sentencing hearing.
Mr Kimmins said as a result, Fysh had to hire another person to work in his business which has “$100,000 of work in the next three months” because he is only able to do administrative duties following the injury.
Fysh’s Coolangatta home was the subject of a violent home invasion in the early hours of the morning on May 4.
He was shot in the thigh and later underwent surgery.
Mr Kimmins told the court the shooting incident was “in no way” related to the drug trafficking and his client had not used any income gained from the trafficking to live a “lavish lifestyle”.
The court heard Fysh’s phone records also showed he had supplied another drug on several occasions, but the crown could not prove the value or the type of drug involved.
“There is no suggestion there was … unresolved income … as to drug dealing … on his part,” Mr Kimmins said.
In sentencing Justice Dalton said Fysh was “old enough to know better”.
“There is no evidence the shooting had anything to do with your drugs but at the same time, it is the kind of (thing) that follows people who engage with drugs …,” she said.
A blonde woman in the back of the court cried as Fysh was sentenced to three years’ jail.
He was released on parole yesterday and will be required to report regularly to police in Brisbane.
Ms Dalton said Fysh had good family support and encouraged him to turn his life around.
Defence barrister Tony Kimmins said Fysh was a hard worker and had been a concreting subcontractor for the past 10 years.
He told the court his client had been injured during a home invasion earlier this year.
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June 23, 2017 12:00am
A LOCAL concreter who sold steroids to 45 people on Gold Coast has been granted immediate parole in a Brisbane court.
Brenton Fysh, 33, was sentenced to three years’ jail in the Brisbane Supreme Court after pleading guilty to one count of trafficking steroids including clenbuterol, which is commonly used by body builders to slim down.
The court was told Fysh passed on the steroids more than 100 times to people he knew from the gym and socially over a 15-month period between April 2013 and June 2014.
The tradie was granted immediate parole after the court found he had done the bulk of the trafficking in 2013 but had “tapered” off peddling the drugs in 2014.
“Off your own back, you (were becoming less) involved in the trafficking,” Justice Jean Dalton said during Fysh’s sentencing hearing.
Mr Kimmins said as a result, Fysh had to hire another person to work in his business which has “$100,000 of work in the next three months” because he is only able to do administrative duties following the injury.
Fysh’s Coolangatta home was the subject of a violent home invasion in the early hours of the morning on May 4.
He was shot in the thigh and later underwent surgery.
Mr Kimmins told the court the shooting incident was “in no way” related to the drug trafficking and his client had not used any income gained from the trafficking to live a “lavish lifestyle”.
The court heard Fysh’s phone records also showed he had supplied another drug on several occasions, but the crown could not prove the value or the type of drug involved.
“There is no suggestion there was … unresolved income … as to drug dealing … on his part,” Mr Kimmins said.
In sentencing Justice Dalton said Fysh was “old enough to know better”.
“There is no evidence the shooting had anything to do with your drugs but at the same time, it is the kind of (thing) that follows people who engage with drugs …,” she said.
A blonde woman in the back of the court cried as Fysh was sentenced to three years’ jail.
He was released on parole yesterday and will be required to report regularly to police in Brisbane.
Ms Dalton said Fysh had good family support and encouraged him to turn his life around.
Defence barrister Tony Kimmins said Fysh was a hard worker and had been a concreting subcontractor for the past 10 years.
He told the court his client had been injured during a home invasion earlier this year.
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