Drug charges against Melbourne chiropractor shock family in South Africa
The Melbourne chiropractor charged with importing 120kg of cocaine was a head prefect and rugby vice-captain at a prestigious Johannesburg school. The allegations have stunned those who knew him in his native South Africa.
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High-level cocaine trafficking allegations against a Melbourne chiropractor have shocked those who knew him in his home country.
Warren Sipser, 43, has been locked up on remand for 10 months after being charged with importing a commercial quantity of cocaine from South Africa.
Those who knew Mr Sipser in South Africa have expressed shock at the arrest of the former head prefect and rugby firsts vice-captain from the prestigious King David Victory Park school in Johannesburg.
The school’s founding principal Jeffrey Wolf told the SA Jewish Report of his sadness at the news.
“I only have praise for Warren, he showed great leadership and integrity, he played rugby and did fairly well academically,” Mr Wolf told the newspaper.
“He stood for all the good things that the school still stands for. This is sad news. I’m not sure what happened when he emigrated, and if he got caught up in something.”
Police have alleged 120kg of cocaine concealed in 600 wine bottles was delivered to Mr Sipser’s Elwood clinic and collected by two men in July, 2018.
Those men were arrested and released without charge.
It has been alleged Mr Sipser bought wine online from Johannesburg a month before police made their move.
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Mr Sipser’s father, who lives in South Africa, told the SA Jewish Report he was shocked at his son’s predicament.
“I nearly fell off my chair. We haven’t spoken for 15 years, but as a father, I’m very worried about him. I’m worried about his son, my grandson, whom I have never met, and about my ex-wife, who lives with him.”
Warren Sipser, who trained in South Africa as a paramedic, remains in a maximum security jail after being denied bail by the Supreme Court in May.
He has a young son with social media personality and author Andi Lew.
They separated from more than six years ago.