Hayden Brindle and Shaylee Cheal: Inside tradie’s lavish life with his glamorous girlfriend – before they were caught out in extraordinary steroid bust

Incredible pictures have emerged of the lavish life of a dealer and his girlfriend before they were arrested for running a massive steroid and party drug importation ring.

Facing Gosford District Court on Friday, 30-year-old carpet layer Hayden Brindle was jailed for three years and eight months, while his aged care nurse girlfriend Shaylee Cheal, 28, was jailed for an intensive remedial order lasting two. years and four months.

The pair pleaded guilty to supplying large quantities of steroids to dozens of customers across the New South Wales Central Coast in 2021 following their arrest in January 2020.

Brindle was charged with a total of 26 offences, including supplying prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis involving proceeds of crime worth $57,000, importing steroids and supplying drugs such as cocaine and ‘ice’ .

His girlfriend was convicted of seven offences, including importing drugs, two counts of continuing to supply drugs and receiving proceeds of crime.

Pictures obtained by Daily Mail Australia show how Brindle showed off his lavish lifestyle and unexplained wealth on social media, including a sports car, elaborate tattoos and lavish holidays.

Incredible images have emerged of the lavish lifestyle of couple Hayden Brindle and Shaylee Cheal (pictured), who have pleaded guilty to selling steroids and party drugs.

One of the images, posted on Brindle’s Facebook, shows a custom Nissan GT-R (pictured), a car that costs between $182,050 and $425,040.

Brindle can be seen in one image drinking a beer by a pool. A tattoo on the right side of his back reads “Trust No One”.

Another image shows the couple’s Nissan GT-R, a car that costs up to $425,040.

After two years of negotiations and delays, both Brindle and Cheal settled on 29 pages of chilling facts about their crimes.

According to Central Coast Express Attorneythe couple’s scheme was intercepted by the Australian Border Force after packages sent to their mailbox were intercepted.

The packages sent from abroad included steroids, human growth hormones and erectile dysfunction pills.

NSW Police were alerted to the packages and began to pay attention to the couples’ actions.

Despite this, the pair continued to send ‘price lists’ of up to 35 different steroids to dozens of their customers complete with bank details and delivery instructions.

Another image on Brindle’s social media shows the steroid user showing off his body and the tattoos that run across the entire right side of his body (pictured)

Brindle was jailed for three years and eight months, while Cheal was given an intensive corrections order lasting two years and four months.

They even continued to sell steroids after masked men broke into their home stealing luxury bags, steroids and money.

Cheal, who was home alone at the time, suffered a broken wrist when she was hit with a baseball bat.

After the pair were arrested, police searched their home to find hundreds of boxes of steroids along with 178 MDMA pills stored under their stove.

During their sentencing on Friday, Judge Tanya Bright said Brindle believed he was helping others by selling them steroids to aid their progress in the gym.

Judge Bright noted that despite growing up in a loving family, Brindle had become addicted to cocaine and steroids and admitted he had made a series of ‘bad decisions’.

Cheal had also said it was a ‘bad decision’ to start selling steroids after diving into trying to compliment her ‘hard work’ in the gym.

In addition to their sentences, Brindle was also fined $5,400 and Cheal was fined $2,400.