Steven Bell and Anna Resnyansky pleaded guilty to drug trafficking after Adelaide hotel bust

A drug-dealing former couple caught in a hotel room with a significant amount of meth and tick lists were motivated by profit, a court heard.

A drug-dealing former couple caught in a hotel room with $40,000 of meth and tick lists have asked a court to spare them jail.

Steven Thomas Bell and Anna Resnyansky are both attempting to rehabilitate after their short-lived relationship was fuelled by drugs, the court heard.

A prosecutor told the District Court on Tuesday police found 58g of methamphetamine in an Adelaide hotel room on June 30, 2020.

They also found 14.4g of methamphetamine in a car and 2.35g in Bell’s bum bag.

The court heard the methamphetamine was valued between $29,000 and $43,750 if sold by the gram.

The prosecutor said it was evident by the large amount of drugs, the drug-dealing messages and tick lists the duo were motivated by profit and immediate jail was the only appropriate penalty.

Steven Bell. Photo: Facebook

Anna Resnyansky.

Bell, 32, of Macclesfield, and Resnyansky, 38, of Woodville North, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking.

Stacey Carter, for Bell, told the court he met the co-accused, who was also a drug user, and they started a “very short-lived” relationship.

“He engaged in a relationship with her purely because she had access to drugs,” she said.

The court heard Bell had a significant drug addiction from a young age but was motivated to turn his life around after marrying his wife in May, who was a positive influence on him.

Ms Carter said Bell, who was a father, had a job in concreting available to him once released from custody.
She asked the court to consider a home-detention sentence.

Peter Hill, for Resnyansky, pushed for a suspended or home-detention sentence, saying she was employed and had spent more than eight months in custody for the offending.

The court heard Resnyansky had long-standing issues with drugs stemming from personal tragedies but was attempting to rehabilitate.

Judge Rauf Soulio adjourned the duo’s charges until next year.