Emerging motorcycle star jailed over MDMAEmerging motorcycle star jailed over MDMA syndicate that stretched from Newcastle to Tamworth in regional NSW

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Updated September 30 2020 - 10:14pm, first published 4:00pm
NEED FOR SPEED: Hunter Ford was an emerging motorcycle star on the cusp of a two-year stint in Europe when he was arrested and charged.
NEED FOR SPEED: Hunter Ford was an emerging motorcycle star on the cusp of a two-year stint in Europe when he was arrested and charged.

AN emerging motorcycle star who was living a double life supplying large quantities of MDMA has been jailed for a maximum of three years and eight months in Newcastle District Court.

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Sam Rigney

Court Reporter

Sam began his Newcastle Herald career as a night police reporter in 2011. He is an experienced court reporter who has won two national court reporting awards, including the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Court Reporting for his coverage of the Hunter's worst serial rapist. Before working at the Herald, Sam was a sports journalist with the Maitland Mercury where he won awards for his coverage of the Newcastle Rugby League salary cap scandal. Sam is a Novocastrian born-and-bred.

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