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A former AFL star has been jailed for more than five years after a downward spiral into drug addiction led him to become involved in an interstate trafficking scheme. Sam Fisher, 41, learnt his fate at the County Court in Melbourne on Thursday after pleading guilty to six drug offences. The charges include trafficking a commercial quantity of methamphetamine, cocaine and 1,4-Butanediol, and three counts of drug possession.
Fisher spent 48 days in prison after he was arrested and was then bailed to a rehabilitation centre where he spent 105 days. Judge Gerard Mullaly found there were “powerful reasons” to hand Fisher a sentence below the standard due to the lesser role he played in the plot, his significant reform and deep remorse. He said Fisher’s drug use had spiralled out of control after the former St Kilda star retired from professional football in 2016 and struggled to find consistent employment.
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