A MAN who was chased down and attacked in Inglewood after his drug deal went wrong has been bailed to a rehabilitation facility.
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Eben Hull, 32, appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court last week where he pleaded guilty to 37 charges including trafficking a drug of dependence and handling stolen goods.
The court heard on April 9 this year, Hull and another man drove from the northern suburbs of Melbourne to Charlton to conduct a drug deal with two unknown males.
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After the deal was finished, Hull and his associate drove back towards Melbourne on the Calder Highway.
The court heard the purchasers were unhappy with the drug deal and chased Hull until they caught up with his car in the main street of Inglewood.
Hull was forced to stop after his vehicle blew a tyre. The unknown males smashed Hull's windscreen and damaged the bonnet of his car.
Police arrived a short time later and found $2262 in cash on Hull. The court heard Hull fled after police asked to search him.
The officers chased Hull for about 300 metres and saw him take a bag out of his pants and throw it onto the ground.
Hull was arrested and police recovered the bag, which had ziplock bags containing 16.35 grams of heroin and 14.72 grams of methamphetamine.
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Hull was brought to the Bendigo Police Station where he made a no-comment interview to police.
Hull also pleaded guilty to driving an unregistered vehicle while unlicensed in Melbourne on April 8 last year.
Police intercepted Hull on City Road in Southbank and found items including a clear plastic bottle with 83ml of the drug GHB, a black scalpel, and false bank documents.
Hull's defence lawyer Vytautas Valasinavicius told the court his client had "gone off the rails" and started using drugs after his relationship broke down.
Mr Valasinavicius said Hull wanted to get his life back on track and was willing to do so at a Melbourne drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.
Mr Valasinavicius told the court Hull should be bailed to the facility ahead of his sentencing.
Magistrate Rodney Higgins agreed, granting Hull bail on the condition he went to the rehabilitation facility.
"I want to give you a chance to clean yourself up," Mr Higgins said. "If you play up, you will be going to jail and it will be for a lengthy period of time."
Mr Higgins adjourned sentencing until July, but indicated Hull would receive a community corrections order if he cooperated with the rehabilitation program.
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