Fysh guilty of gym drugs
Concreter urged to turn life around
A CONCRETER who sold steroids to 45 people on the 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.
He 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.
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.
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 this year.
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.
Fysh’s Coolangatta home was the subject of a violent home invasion on May 4. He was shot in the thigh and later underwent surgery.
Mr Kimmins said 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”.
“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.