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Stephen Dank, the sports scientist at the centre of the Essendon doping scandal, has told of being shot at through the window of his house while he slept in the early hours of the morning.
ABC News Radio contacted Dank, who said he was advised by police not to do a formal interview to avoid hampering their investigations.
Dank, 52, was asleep on the sofa when he was woken by gunshots, with a bullet fragment skimming his forehead, leaving a graze injury.
Victoria Police said six shots were fired at the front of the house around 2:30am. Another person home at the time was not hurt.
Dank has been shaken by the incident but is now back at home after being released from hospital.
He was due to speak at a function in Bendigo for the South Bendigo Football Club but has since withdrawn, after initially telling the club he would still appear after the incident.
Police inquiries are continuing as to who carried out the attack and whether there may be any links to Dank’s involvement in the drugs in sport issue.
A crime scene was established at his house. One bullet shattered an upstairs window of the property, pierced a blind and struck an internal wall above a door.
No arrests have been made and investigators believe only one gunman was involved.
Dank is currently appealing a lifetime ban from all sport for his involvement in Essendon’s links to performance enhancing drugs.
He was also central to the Cronulla Sharks’ NRL supplements scandal.
Most recently, Dank claimed he supplied former Gold Coast Suns star Nathan Bock with a prohibited peptide after Bock was cleared of doping by the Australian Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA).
A resident who did not want to be identified told the ABC his wife called triple-0 after hearing the shots.
“Last night I heard three gunshots go off. It gave both me and my wife a terrible fright,” he said.
He said he only knew Dank slightly, but had got to know his partner well, saying they had been living at the property for about 18 months.
“I’m glad Stephen seems to be [OK],” he said.
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