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An ABC presenter has escaped being sent to jail despite being convicted of selling drugs after a police raid uncovered a stash of illegal substances inside his Sydney CBD hotel room. Ashley Norman Hall, 50, on Friday sat in silence in Sydney s Downing Centre Local Court as he was sentenced for a string of drug offences following his December, 2019 arrest. The ABC radio journalist and presenter was tight lipped as he left court alongside his lawyer after he was sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order. According to an agreed statement of facts, police found a cache of ice, MDMA, cocaine, cannabis, LSD and the party drug gamma-Butyrolactone along with drug paraphernalia when they searched his 24th floor room at the Meriton Suites on Pitt Street.
Australian radio presenter convicted of dealing drugs out of hotel room
15 Jan, 2021 07:16 AM
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Ashley Hall, right, pleaded guilty to drug supply charges. Photo / NCA NewsWire
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By: Steve Zemek
An Australian radio presenter has escaped being sent to jail despite being convicted of selling drugs after a police raid uncovered a stash of illegal substances inside his Sydney CBD hotel room.
Ashley Norman Hall, 50, on Friday sat in silence in Sydney s Downing Centre Local Court as he was sentenced for a string of drug offences following his December 2019 arrest.
The ABC radio journalist and presenter was tight-lipped as he left court alongside his lawyer after he was sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order.
A Tinder creep who was banned from the dating app after stalking and harassing several women when they rejected his advances is back online and using a fake name.
Thomas McGuirk, 29, was caught out in September intimidating seven other women from Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne.
Women as far away as London reported having run ins with the handsome IT worker, who often used his looks to lure his victims before belittling them if he felt slighted.
And Daily Mail Australia can reveal McGuirk is back on both Tinder and Hinge, this time going by James, or J for short.
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