An Olympic boxer has been jailed for nearly five years after police found $130,000 worth of drugs in his possession.
Peter Wakefield, who competed at the Athens games in 2004, was sentenced in the South Australian District Court this week.
The 40-year-old who was nicknamed ‘Pistol Pete’ had previous problems with anabolic steroids, before he began using methamphetamines and cannabis.
Former Olympic boxer Peter Wakefield (right) has been jailed for nearly five years after police found $130,000 worth of drugs in his possession
Wakefield was alleged to have possessed 131g of methamphetamine, with Judge Paul Cuthbertson calling him a ‘significant’ supplier, according to The Advertiser.
‘He was quite high in the supply chain and there is a significant element of commerciality in his offending,’ he said.
Wakefield was also alleged to have sold drugs to another man, with police discovering two tubs with 52.1g if methylamphetamine in a car following an exchange at the boxer’s home.
Subsequent raids uncovered 15 cannabis plants and another 78.9g of methamphetamine, as well as nine phials of anabolic steroids.
The 40-year-old who was nicknamed ‘Pistol Pete’ was sentenced in the South Australian District Court (pictured) this week after being found with 131g of methamphetamine
Wakefield (pictured in red) was also alleged to have sold drugs to another man, with police discovering two tubs with 52.1g if methylamphetamine in a car following an exchange at the boxer’s home and 15 cannabis plants and another 78.9g of methamphetamine found in raids
Wakefield previously competed in the under 48kg light-featherweight category at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but lost out in the preliminary round to Namibia’s Joseph Jermia.
His lawyers told the court that his desire to compete in boxing had been part of the reason he had initially got into drugs.
Wakefield was also said to suffer from a borderline intellectual disability and drug addiction.
He was previously found guilty of a violent attack on his sister’s boyfriend in 2001, including charges of aggravated serious criminal trespass and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, according to the ABC.