Doncaster East dog groomer Illi Glover gives evidence against accused trafficker Jonade Hamidi
A glamorous Melbourne dog groomer flipped on her accused drug dealer ex who she claimed lavished her with expensive gifts.
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A glamorous Melbourne dog groomer has spilt the beans on her accused drug dealer ex boyfriend who she claimed lured her with expensive gifts and dinner dates.
Illi Glover, 25, fronted Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to give evidence at Jonade Hamidi’s committal for serious trafficking charges.
Hamidi, 24, pleaded not guilty to trafficking cocaine, cannabis and ketamine.
Glover, who told the court she works as a dog groomer, and Hamidi both fell into strife after police arrested the former lovebirds in Doncaster East on October 28 last year.
The court heard Glover claimed Hamidi rang her and asked her to “get the money sitting on my side table” and “get the safe out of my wardrobe”.
It’s alleged Hamidi contacted Glover after he was intercepted in a red BMW in Pine Hill Drive.
Hamidi allegedly did a runner towards Santa Rosa Boulevard after police stopped the suspected drug trafficker.
It’s alleged Hamidi told Glover to “get the stuff out of the house” then leave.
Hamidi allegedly emphasised to Glover to remove the “bags from his office and the safe in the bedroom”.
Police spotted Glover loading her Kia Rio with two Coles bags and driving off before she was collared on Reynolds Rd with 885 grams of cannabis and $68,810.
Glover told police that Hamidi told her to take the bags from the house.
It’s also alleged Hamidi rang Glover again while she was in custody.
Glover, who pleaded guilty to cannabis possession and negligent deal with proceeds of crime, told Hamidi to tell police his location but he refused.
Hamidi, now of Templestowe, was arrested in the backyard of a Doncaster East property shortly after.
Police also allegedly found more cash and cocaine in the Kia.
Glover, who was last month handed a 12-month good behaviour bond, told the court she “did not commit a crime”.
“I was acting upon instructions from my ex partner … which was a crime and I shouldn’t have partaken in it …,” Glover said.
“I was told to remove it from the house and I did.”
The defence put it to Glover how she came to accept responsibility for $68,810 when there was a total of $259,010 in the Kia
“I was completely unaware of the contents of that safe as it did not belong to me,” Glover said.
“And I could not get access to get inside to see what was in there … I found out from a news article that money had been discovered.”
Glover said she removed “what was believed to be cocaine” from the house but admitted she knew she was driving with cannabis.
“I believed it to be cannabis because it was green and chunks,” Glover said.
The defence put it to Glover she could have known another substance was “cocaine” because it was a “white powder”.
“It could’ve been other drugs … it was a drug,” Glover said.
Glover, who had a commercial meth trafficking charge withdrawn, said she suspected he dealt drugs to fund his own habit.
Glover, who claimed about $6000 was her savings, told the court Hamidi kept his “cash pile” on the bed side table with a “rubber band around it”.
In her statement, Glover said she Hamidi was “very charming and very kind” after first meeting him at a nightclub in 2019.
“He would always try to lure me in with expensive gifts and lavish dinner dates,” Glover said.
“Hamidi appeared to be generous with his money, he would spend a lot of money on groceries, high end clothing, luxury items and expensive dinners …
“Hamidi would purchase extravagant gifts for me and then … (he would) manipulate me … saying ‘you wouldn’t have this without me’ … Hamidi had a controlling demeanour … he controlled me by not letting me leave the house.”
Hamidi, who was charged with deal with $259,010 being the proceeds of crime, was ordered to stand trial at the County Court.
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