Disgraced sports scientist Stephen Dank ‘on thin ice’ in court following fraud, forgery charges

Disgraced sports scientist Stephen Dank has narrowly avoided having a warrant issued for his arrest after being granted yet another adjournment in the Darwin Local Court.

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DISGRACED sports scientist Stephen Dank has narrowly avoided having a warrant issued for his arrest after being granted yet another adjournment in the Darwin Local Court.

Dank applied for legal aid in February after being charged with fraud and forgery offences and on Wednesday his lawyer, Matt Hubber, said he was still in the process of sorting out public funding for his defence.

Mr Hubber said Dank was locked down in a coronavirus hotspot in Melbourne but he acknowledged his client was “on thin ice” and said he’d told him he would be unlikely to get a further adjournment after this week.

Judge Greg Cavanagh said he would put the matter off one more time but only because Dank was stuck in Melbourne.

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“He’s only getting an adjournment because of COVID-19 and he’s in lockdown, not because he’s still getting himself together,” he said.

The case is now due to return to court on August 5.

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