Kurt Toole, the younger brother of NSW Nationals leader Paul Toole, will be eligible for parole in September 2024 due to time already served after he was convicted on affray and commercial drug supply charges.
Kurt Toole, the younger brother of NSW Nationals leader Paul Toole, has been sentenced to a maximum four years' jail for dealing drugs.He is the younger brother of NSW Nationals leader and former police minister Paul TooleKurt Toole, 32, was found guilty of four counts of supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug during 2020 and 2021, and one count of affray.
Police told the Bathurst District Court during Toole's trial that he played a high-level role in an alleged drug network operating in central-west New South Wales. More than 220 grams of amphetamine was supplied in another transaction and Toole could be heard on tape referring to it as "old school gas".Kurt Toole was recorded describing amphetamine as "old school gas".Judge Graham Turnbull said during sentencing today that Toole should be in no doubt about the insidious effects of drugs.
"He was a drug dealer when he was on parole, confidently facilitating substantial amounts of deals in the community," he said.He acknowledged the fact Toole had been kept in segregation because of that relationship.But Judge Turnbull said any risks could be managed.
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