Tess Rowlatt: Alleged drug trafficker applies for bail in County Court


An attractive Melbourne marketing expert charged with a string of drug trafficking offenses has actually made a fresh quote for flexibility.

Tess Rowlatt, who was charged by authorities for trafficking meth heroin after they robbed her Spencer St, CBD, apartment or condo in 2021, used for bail in the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday after she returned to jail in 2015 for vaping and arguing with other citizens at a drug rehab centre.

Ms Rowlatt, 33, had actually been launched to go to the Windana Grampians rehab centre in Might last year however was tossed out of center for vaping, daunting other patients and refusing to get involved in particular jobs, a remand summary supplied by the court specified.

A report of Ms Rowlatt’s charges, likewise launched by the court, reveals she is implicated of, to name a few charges, trafficking an industrial amount of GHB, trafficking an industrial amount of meth and traffickingheroin

On Tuesday, Ms Rowlatt’s lawyer Jonathan Rattray looked for to have her bailed to the Redemption Army’s Bendigo Bridge drug rehab centre and stated she was entitled to the anticipation of innocence.

Mr Rattray there were “triable problems” concerning the amount of drugs the implicated was apparently captured with.

He stated Ms Rowlatt had actually currently invested a considerable quantity of time in custody, and it might be up to a year prior to her case was attempted in court.

Mr Rattray stated her return to custody had “no doubt been a wake-up call to her”.

District attorney Pranaven Pathmaraj stated authorities had a “really strong circumstantial case” versus the implicated, and it was “extending it” to state there were triable problems concerning the alleged amount of drugs.

Mr Pathmaraj stated the implicated was “not a street dealership” and authorities would declare she was included in more than 100 meth deals.

Judge Angela Ellis stated Ms Rowlatt had actually been implicated of “respected, continuous and comprehensive drug trafficking” and she had actually been offered bail formerly however not complied with it.

Judge Ellis stated the implicated had actually revealed “total neglect for the chance that was paid for to her” at Windana.

She stated Ms Rowlatt had actually been referred to as “bold and disengaged” at Windana.

The Herald Sun formerly reported that Ms Rowlatt had actually pleaded innocent to 70 charges and had actually apparently moved in between as numerous as 16 various Airbnb apartment or condos throughout the city.

Ms Rowlatt appeared in court by means of video link from jail, while her moms and dads likewise tuned in to her bail application practically.

Judge Ellis adjourned her choice to January 24.

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