William Carrington Stuar Cumming faces Mackay court over steroid charges

Two different types of anabolic steroids in six different vials the miner ‘bought from a friend overseas’ were found in a tupperware container in his house.

A West Mackay miner was found with six vials of anabolic steroids he claimed he had ‘bought from a friend overseas’.

When asked why William Carrington Stuar Cumming had the illegal substances, he told Acting Magistrate John Aberdeen the steroids were “to go to the gym, and you know, to get bigger”.

The court heard police found the vials in a tupperware container when they visited Cumming’s house on May 17 for an unrelated matter.

Police found two different steroids in the vials including the substances transacatone acetate and testosterone propionate.

Cumming, 23, appeared in Mackay Magistrate Court on Thursday August 5 where he pleaded guilty to possessing a dangerous drug.

Cumming had recently accepted a job in the mines in Western Australia and was expected to leave in Mackay in just a few short weeks. Picture: Contributed

Cumming represented himself and argued the vials were 10ml rather than 100ml but Mr Aberdeen still regarded the content as substantial.

“There was quite a bit of substance there, even given some of them were only 10ml,” Mr Aberdeen said.

“There were still two different types of steroids.”

William Cumming was found with six vials of anabolic steroids in West Mackay. Picture: Contributed

Cumming had recently accepted a job in the mines in Western Australia and was expected to leave Mackay in just a few short weeks.

Mr Aberdeen fined Cumming $500.

No conviction was recorded.