Chappell says he is “mortified” he involved his daughter in his drug dealing. Chappell supplied his Stoke-based daughter with meth, and she sold it in the Tasman district. They would meet in remote locations for Karen to take delivery. Karen was a passenger in a car stopped by police on April 30, 2020 on the Coastal Highway. A search revealed $56,370 in cash and three cellphones. Between January and July in 2019, Karen transferred more than $59,000 into Chappell’s bank account. While the starting point for the offences was nine years’ jail, Judge Neave said he would discount the term because of Chappell’s history of deprivation and abuse and his guilty pleas. Chappell had been abused in welfare and foster homes and not surprisingly had grown up to be an angry and rebellious young man.
Our first day was hosted by the brilliant CEO of Found, Tina Judic. After each session, Tina chaired a Q&A with the speakers, delving deeper into their topic of discussion by answering questions from the audience. If you want to watch Tina’s digest of day one, you can access the video of her closing comments to explore her key takeaways – including the fact that affiliate marketing has become sexy!
We kicked off with a fantastic session filled with future-gazing, predictions, and tips and tricks for the future. It was great to begin the event with a discussion during which the speakers assessed trends and takeaways from the past year and spoke about how these lessons can be implemented in the future. It set the tone for a brilliant event, and the rest of the day continued in the same way…
The deals that were made often involved amounts of methamphetamine worth tens of thousands of dollars. Just before midnight on September 25, 2019, police watched as Chappell reversed out of his driveway and travelled north on Johns Rd. He was stopped and arrested. Police found 59 grams of methamphetamine, 64g of cannabis and more than $5000 in cash inside the car. Chappell was later released on electronically monitored bail, but continued his methamphetamine dealing. When police went to his home on May 7 last year for an unrelated matter, they found a methamphetamine pipe, numerous plastic bags containing methamphetamine residue, scales, cellphones, CCTV cameras and cash.