June 30, 2015
UK: 60-year-old bodybuilding champion sold steroids from his kitchen – too many to count!
Officers found so many performance enhancing substances when they raided Brian Connolly’s house that the police budget could not cover the cost of counting them
A 60-year-old bodybuilder who peddled steroids from his kitchen cupboard was caught with a stash worth £30,000. Officers found so many performance enhancing substances when they raided Brian Connolly’s house that the police budget could not cover the cost of counting them, Manchester Crown Court heard. In a police interview, massive muscled Connolly admitted that he injected himself with steroids up to 40 times a week – and said after 25 years of using, he “couldn’t live without them”. Analysis of his phone then revealed he had been dealing them to others. He went on to admit possessing class C drugs with intent to supply and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, with six months supervision, by a court which heard he was changing his ways. Hummer-driving Connolly is a well-respected figure in UK bodybuilding, a fixture on the competitive circuit and a personal trainer. Last year he came first in the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association contest, in the Masters category for over-50s. But Connolly’s sentencing for drugs offences heard that the sport – and years of steroid use – have taken a toll on his body. Eight officers raided his home in Salford, Greater Manchester, on the morning of April 30 last year with a drugs warrant.