Bradley McLean: Bali hotel part-owner sentenced to home detention for selling cocaine, heroin on northern beaches

The part-owner of a Bali hotel has “embarrassed his family and himself” by selling heroin and cocaine on Sydney’s northern beaches, a court has heard. Here’s what happened when he was sentenced.

Bradley McLean, who has been sentenced to a term of home detention. Picture: Manly Daily

The part-owner of a Bali hotel is “ashamed” of himself after selling heroin and cocaine to customers on Sydney’s northern beaches in order to fund his own lengthy drug addiction, a court has heard.

Bradley McLean, who lives between his home at Avalon Beach and his Three Monkeys resort, near Denpasar, avoided time behind bars on Wednesday, when he was sentenced to a 12-month intensive correction order to be served via home detention.

McLean was busted on April 17, when Northern Beaches Police raided his home with a drug sniffer dog.

They uncovered 31g of cocaine hidden in a bag of sand stored in his garage.

Officers also found six small resealable bags of heroin, each containing 0.3g of the powder, as well as a set of portable scales, gloves, more resealable plastic bags and mobile phones, Manly Local Court heard.

Bradley McLean outside Manly Local Court. Picture: Manly Daily

A Motorola phone, which contained the encrypted “Threema” messaging app, was also seized.

Officers who opened the app discovered text messages from a contact listed as “Jodie”, who had sent text messages on April 12 and 15, according to a police fact sheet tendered in court.

“Morning Hun, could you plz drop 1’5 in my mail in 15”, the first message read.

The second message read: “Morning Hun, can you please drop off 100.”

Bradley McLean was selling cocaine and heroin to pay for his own lengthy heroin addiction. File picture: Tri Nuryanto

McLean ultimately pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying a prohibited drug, and one charge of possessing a prohibited drug.

The court heard McLean had an on-and-off-again heroin addiction, which began decades ago.

He relapsed into using the drug in December last year.

His solicitor said McLean lived alone at Avalon Beach, had been suffering with depression, and sold drugs to fund his own addiction.

“It’s a situation of self-medicating,” the solicitor said at a previous court appearance.

During sentencing on Wednesday, the court heard McLean was attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings three times a week.

“He is certainly ashamed that he’s embarrassed his family and himself.” his solicitor told magistrate Lisa Stapleton.

The court heard McLean spent three months at a time in Bali, where he worked seven days a week at the hotel, in which he has majority ownership along with a local family.

In sentencing McLean, Ms Stapleton said by selling the cocaine and heroin “to individuals, he is sharing the pernicious influence” of the illegal drugs.

“It shreds the social fabric,” he said.

“It destroys the capacity of people to work … and it’s a burden on the community.”

McLean was convicted of each charge on Wednesday.

For supplying heroin, he was handed a community correction order, requiring him to be of good behaviour for two years, and fined $2200.

He was fined another $550 for possessing the drugs.

For supplying the 31g of cocaine, Ms Stapleton imposed the intensive correction order to be served by way of home detention.

During the term, McLean must wear an electronic tracking ankle bracelet that will be monitored by parole authorities.

He is also required to complete 260 hours of community service.