Suggestions that a man turned to the drugs business after being shattered by his break-up with entertainer Holly Valance have been rejected by a judge.
Peter Ververis, 28, was jailed for two-and-a-half years on Tuesday after police found him with 417 grams of methamphetamine when they raided the home he shared with his brother in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Cheltenham in September 2006.
Ververis, who had recently broken up with Valance, was smoking an ice pipe in the kitchen when police raided the home.
At a pre-sentence hearing earlier this month Ververis' lawyer said his client began using large amounts of ice following the break-up of a relationship that he described as "full-on" and "life-long".
But on Tuesday Victorian County Court Judge Geoffrey Chettle dismissed suggestions Ververis had turned to the drugs business after the break-up of his relationship with the former Neighbours star.
"I find those assertions very difficult to believe," Judge Chettle said.
"In my view there is simply no explanation for your involvement in the drug business."
Ververis pleaded guilty to trafficking a drug of dependence.
His brother Chris Ververis pleaded guilty to possessing and producing a drug of dependence.
Police also raided a methamphetamine lab in Cheltenham which was operated by Chris Ververis, there they found instructions on how to make drugs.
Judge Chettle described it as "certainly not the most professional operation".
The court heard that between the two brothers the drugs were valued between $260,000 and $400,000.
Judge Chettle ordered Peter Ververis, who had no prior convictions, to serve a non-parole period of 18 months.
He sentenced his brother to three years and six months prison.
Chris Ververis must serve two years and three months before being eligible for parole.
Valance, born Holly Vukadinovic, has appeared in popular United States television shows CSI and Prison Break. She has also pursued a music career.
ninemsn 28 Apr 2009
You don't make it in Hollywood / Music Industry WITHOUT selling your body.
Items like Valance are a NO talent, just tender meat for Media Moguls to taste.
Madonna chronicles this VERY well in her songs.
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