Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson court hearing adjourned until July
TROUBLED footy great Mark “Bomber” Thompson was supported by an ex-wife in court today as the former coach and player faced drug trafficking charges.
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TROUBLED former AFL premiership coach and player Mark Thompson has appeared in court on drugs charges.
Thompson, 54, appeared this morning for a brief preliminary after being charged last month with serious drug trafficking offences.
The court heard that police are still examining items seized from Thompson’s home and the matter was adjourned until next month.
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Thompson was supported in court by his former wife Annette.
Thompson was charged on May 1 with seven offences including trafficking ecstasy and ice as well as possessing ecstasy, ice, LSD and Xanax.
Detective Sen-Const. Naomi Bourke told the court when Thompson was arrested that police seized large amounts of drugs including ecstasy, ice, ephedrine and LSD from Thompson’s converted Port Melbourne warehouse when it was raided in January.
Drugs seized in the raid include 839.7 grams of MDMA, a further 134.6 grams of tablets believed to be MDMA, 33.1 grams of ice and other bags scattered around the house alleged to contain significant quantities of drugs.
They also seized drug paraphernalia including scales, hard-drives, ice pipes, deal bags and prescription drugs.
Some of the drugs and items were found in a magnetic box, other were found in a shoe box. Thompson was interviewed in January and soon after left for a trip to the United States to visit his adult son, the court heard.
Police also allegedly seized handwritten notes recording “large amounts of money transactions” between Thompson and a co-accused, Thomas Windsor, 28 who was leasing part of the property from Thompson.
The court heard Thompson has two ex-wives and three children.
Detective Bourke said police also found Geelong memorabilia and a coin collection in Thompson’s house.