‘We trust him’: Parents of alleged mass meth importer Ajmeer Kakall speak on his behalf in court
The parents of a Croydon Hills man accused of importing nearly 100kg of meth have offered their family home as collateral as their son faces life in prison if found guilty.
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The parents of a man who allegedly imported almost 100kgs of meth have put their home on the line to get their son released on bail.
The parents of Ajmeer Kakall, 34, from Croydon Hills, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on January 10 via video link, to offer their home as assurance for Mr Kakall’s bail application.
In the second running day of his bail application, Mr Kakall’s parents both gave evidence in favour of his release.
The court heard prosecutor Georgia McMaster ask Mrs Kakall if she understood that should her son break bail conditions, she would lose her home.
“Yes. But he wouldn’t,” Mrs Kakall told the court.
“I know my son and I trust him.”
Giving similar evidence, Mr Kakall’s father, Abdul Majid Kakall said his son was a “very responsible man”.
“He’s a family man, he supports us and his own family,” he said.
“We trust him. That is why we are taking this initiative.”
Final submissions were given by both Ms McMaster and Mr Kakall’s lawyer Peter Dunn KC, with potential bail conditions and Mr Kakall’s acceptability as the main themes.
Ms McMaster opposed the suggestion that Mr Kakall should be able to have access to and use a computer if he was to be released on bail, calling his knowledge of technology “sophisticated”.
The objection came after the court heard police allegedly seized two mobile phones at the time of Mr Kakall’s arrest, where one immediately erased all its data when an officer attempted to put it on aeroplane mode.
Detective Senior Constable Matthew Poore told the court on Monday that enabling aeroplane mode on a seized mobile phone was common practice by Victoria Police to stop data being erased remotely.
“He is obviously a sophisticated person in terms of computers,” Ms McMaster said on Wednesday.
“We allege that he was able to erase the data off his phone while not even being present. We believe there is a possibility that he could commit further crimes or do things in relation to the matters currently before the court if he is released on bail.”
Magistrate Belinda Wallington adjourned her decision to Thursday, January 25.
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