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British Olympic boxer is being questioned by police on suspicion of dealing cocaine, it emerged today.

Bradley Saunders, 22, who was a medal hope at the Beijing Games, was held after a police sniffer dog found what was believed to be £12,000 of the drug in his back garden.

A warrant was executed at the British light-welterweight champion's semi-detached home in Cragside, Sedgefield, County Durham, at 1pm yesterday.

The boxer was taken away for questioning with his girlfriend Stephanie Elliott, also 22. The couple were held at Spennymoor Police Station and later released on police bail.

The dog alerted officers to a tin which contained more than 300g of white powder. It was sent away for analysis.

Saunders was tipped to bring back a gold medal from the summer games and was criticised after he said he was relieved to be going home to his young family after a shock defeat in his second fight.

He could've helped Frankie Gavin make weight.

Wasn't expecting this.

I blame the chick, never trust a woman named Stephanie(sorry sis)

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You're not happy with twelve grands worth of beak being found in your hosue, thats for sure.

Pablo took a shyt in his garden.

His career is over before it's even got going. What a plank.

Well he's innocent until proven guilty, so his career isn't over yet.

Remember the fuss about lottery funding after the Frankie Gavin weight fiasco ....

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/3 ... for_drugs/

There is a link to the story

banjo wrote:Wasn't expecting this.

I blame the chick, never trust a woman named Stephanie(sorry sis)

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Harsh, Stephanie was such a lovely, trusting, girl in Short Circuit!

300g (about 10oz) is alot of snotbag to be caught with, if they can link it to him he'll get at least a few years (dependent on previous convictions)

He must be a fool!! Also he probably got grassed up by someone.

leforge wrote:He must be a fool!! Also he probably got grassed up by someone.

Well you know what they say - you get nicked for 2 reasons: in the act or you get grassed.

E wrote:

leforge wrote:He must be a fool!! Also he probably got grassed up by someone.

Well you know what they say - you get nicked for 2 reasons: in the act or you get grassed.

Most drugs swoops are intelligence based, they wouldn't turn up mob handed like that on the off chance. Probably jealousy that he is not really working and driving round in Mercedes etc

Jelously or not, the guy is an idiot and if is guilty deserves a sentence.

The burden of proof is important though, finding it in his garden is much different to finding it in his house, as many people would have access to his garden.
Say if I wanted to set him up it would be easy to plant stuff in his garden and make a call to the cops.
They will need more evidence than that, e.g sworn statements, his fingerprints on the gear, unexplained cash in his house, money he can't expain going through his accounts, explain how he can afford any luxury goods, holidays etc

Coco wrote:The burden of proof is important though, finding it in his garden is much different to finding it in his house, as many people would have access to his garden.
Say if I wanted to set him up it would be easy to plant stuff in his garden and make a call to the cops.
They will need more evidence than that, e.g sworn statements, his fingerprints on the gear, unexplained cash in his house, money he can't expain going through his accounts, explain how he can afford any luxury goods, holidays etc

Oh yes, good points - applogise I should have said "if he is guilty" then he is an idiot and deserves Jail time.

One SUSPECTS that the Police have had their eye on him for a while, cause an athlete should be one of the last people you'd suspect of such dealings, something must have triggered a response and lets hope he hasn't been set up..... if he hasn't, then he deserves to spend some time.

Sorry, I might be a bit prudish, but I think dealers are among the lowest of the low.

greedy bastard

£35k tax free on funding plus sponsership (...£65k normal salary), plus alledgedly selling beak, he must be fookin minted.......no wonder he wasnt in a hurry to turn over

Old bones Ian wrote:Well he's innocent until proven guilty, so his career isn't over yet.

Very true....I wouldnt be surprised if some jealous so called mate stiched him up... We will see!!

Know he's not been convicted of anything, but I didn't get a good vibe off him
when I saw him in an interview

Coco wrote:The burden of proof is important though, finding it in his garden is much different to finding it in his house, as many people would have access to his garden.
Say if I wanted to set him up it would be easy to plant stuff in his garden and make a call to the cops.
They will need more evidence than that, e.g sworn statements, his fingerprints on the gear, unexplained cash in his house, money he can't expain going through his accounts, explain how he can afford any luxury goods, holidays etc

Planting £12,000 worth of cocaine is a lot, though. Would someone really sacrifice all that?

good point'an educated guess would say no.

Asterix wrote:

Coco wrote:The burden of proof is important though, finding it in his garden is much different to finding it in his house, as many people would have access to his garden.
Say if I wanted to set him up it would be easy to plant stuff in his garden and make a call to the cops.
They will need more evidence than that, e.g sworn statements, his fingerprints on the gear, unexplained cash in his house, money he can't expain going through his accounts, explain how he can afford any luxury goods, holidays etc

Planting £12,000 worth of cocaine is a lot, though. Would someone really sacrifice all that?

Exactly my thoughts... no-one's gonna plant £12k.

Genuinally shocked.