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A Canadian former boxing champion fed a cocaine addiction for years until he was caught acting as a middleman in a Sydney drug distribution network.
Robert Della Penna, 42, was sentenced on Friday in a Sydney District Court to five years and five months in jail, with a non-parole period of three years.
The retired boxer-turned-trainer had pleaded guilty to the possession of a commercial quantity of the prohibited drug MDMA, or ecstasy, suspected to have been imported.
Della Penna competed in a world title bout in Brazil during his career, which ended around 2001, the court was told.
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Robert Della Penna, 42, was sentenced on Friday in a Sydney District Court to five years and five months in jail, with a non-parole period of three years.
The retired boxer-turned-trainer had pleaded guilty to the possession of a commercial quantity of the prohibited drug MDMA, or ecstasy, suspected to have been imported.
Della Penna competed in a world title bout in Brazil during his career, which ended around 2001, the court was told.
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