A Hunter pharmacist facing multiple drug-related charges will appear in court again in September.
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Phillip Lawrence Slater, 36, briefly appeared in Maitland Local Court on Monday.
He was charged with 10 counts in June, including five counts of supplying prohibited drugs including steroids and pseudoephedrine.
Mr Slater is part-owner of five pharmacies across the Hunter.
The court heard on Monday that prosecutors had delivered a partial brief of evidence to Mr Slater’s defence, which his lawyer described as “quite luminous".
Magistrate John Chicken referred the matter to Newcastle Local Court on September 19.
Nick Bielby
Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has worked as a journalist since 2011. Having joined the Newcastle Herald in 2017, he won a Walkley Award in 2019 with Donna Page for their investigation 'Dirty Deeds', which exposed the decades of illegal dumping of toxic material in and around a Hunter waterway.
Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has worked as a journalist since 2011. Having joined the Newcastle Herald in 2017, he won a Walkley Award in 2019 with Donna Page for their investigation 'Dirty Deeds', which exposed the decades of illegal dumping of toxic material in and around a Hunter waterway.
