Ex-NSW Liberal leader’s son gets community service for drug dealing

Max MasonSenior courts and crime reporter

Dec 6, 2024 – 6.33pm

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The son of former NSW Liberal Party leader Kerry Chikarovski who pleaded guilty to dealing cocaine, MDMA, ketamine, and crystal meth on the dark web will be released and serve a 35-month sentence in the community.

NSW District Court judge Jane Culver sentenced Mark Chikarovski, 38, to nearly three years and ordered that it would be served under an intensive correction order.

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