Jesse Saunders, Jye Boyanton and Roccoa Carbone ask a court for more freedoms on bail to go to weddings and farms
Three men have pleaded with a court to go to weddings and collect tomatoes, saying their home detention restrictions are too onerous.
Two alleged drug traffickers can go to weddings – including their own – but attendance at the second nuptials all depends on how a man behaves at his sister’s event, a court has decided.
Three men charged after SA’s AN0M raids appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday seeking looser bail restrictions – two to attend the weddings, while one was hoping to collect tomatoes.
Jesse Jack Saunders, 36, is due to tie the knot in February next year and requested leave to attend his wedding.
Magistrate Benjamin Sale court heard the Glenelg North groom-to-be was hoping to attending his own ceremony, a photography session and reception.
Mr Sale, after hearing prosecutors did not oppose the wedding as long as they had proof of its occurrence, granted him permission to leave his home – until midnight.
The court heard conditions prohibiting the consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs would remain in place, so he would need to stay sober.
He is yet to plead to seven counts of trafficking in a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug and two counts of money laundering and returns to court in February.
Also appearing was Mr Saunders’ co-accused brother-in-law, Jye Anthony Boyanton, 38, who wanted to attend his sister’s Port Lincoln wedding in December.
The court heard Mr Boyanton also intended to attend Mr Saunders’ February wedding – but couldn’t apply until the groom was granted permission.
Mr Sale said Mr Boyanton was welcome to further pursue the application in the New Year – and after prosecutors and corrections assessed his behaviour at his sister’s wedding.
Conditions prohibiting alcohol and drug consumption also apply to Mr Boyanton.
The Netley man has yet to plead to more than 80 charges, across three separate court files, of trafficking in a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug and money laundering.
Other applications to vary both men’s bail to allow for more freedom for work in suburban and rural South Australia were adjourned.
Also on Thursday, father-of-three Roccoa Carbone asked the court to allow him liberty to travel to three farms across the state to collect tomatoes and produce for him to sell when he attends the Pooraka Markets.
The court heard prosecutors were not opposed to the variation of the 65-year-old Waterloo Corner man’s bail so he can continue to earn an income.
He was also granted permission to attend a neighbouring property to operate a shared bore system that serviced his own property as well.
Mr Carbone is yet to enter a plea to one count of trafficking in a large commercial quantity, three counts of trafficking in a commercial quantity and 39 counts of basic trafficking in a controlled drug.
Each of the three men were remanded on home detention bail to return to court in February.
