Adnan Rusanovski: Narre Warren bride basher hid ice in his shoes

A Narre Warren North tiling business boss hit the headlines for assaulting his wife on their wedding day. Now he’s faced court on strange drug charges.

Generic picture: A wife basher has been caught with three times the trafficable quantity of ice hidden in his shoe.

A gooned-up groom who once bashed his bride — on their wedding day — has been caught with three times the trafficable quantity of ice hidden in his shoe.

Adnan Rusanovski was jailed for 15 months after he violently attacked his wife in a drunken rage in the back of their matrimonial limo.

The 40-year-old Narre Warren North tiler hit the headlines in 2011 after he bit, choked and punched the woman 30 times on what was meant to be the happiest day of her life.

The County Court judge said the “flogging” left her battered, bruised, black and blue with injuries to her head, face, neck and arm.

Rusanovski also assaulted the best man in the stretch Hummer limousine that contained a bridal party of five teenagers, a bridesmaid and a pageboy.

At the online Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Monday he pleaded guilty to drug possessions, unlicensed driving and unregistered vehicle charges.

The court heard around 10.15pm on May 20 last year police watched as Rusanovski drove his Mercedes into a Malvern East servo.

He got out, quickly walked to the bathroom and came back, and because officers thought he was acting suspiciously, he and the car were searched.

Cops found two bags of ice weighing a total of 10.9g hidden in his shoe.

In March last year Rusanovski was pulled over in South Melbourne because his number plates were red-flagged as not belonging to that vehicle.

When they checked his licence it was discovered he was disqualified as he had failed to do a drug drive program.

And in January this year he was in the same car in Dandenong when police saw three other people walk quickly away from the vehicle.

Cops decided to search the Merc, finding 2g of ice inside it.

Rusanovski’s defence lawyer said the plate was an administrative issue as he had put personal versions on the car but they had not yet been activated by VicRoads, and the drug-drive program had now been done.

He said his client lost his tiling business due to COVID-19 and relapsed heavily into ice use, taking more than a gram a day, but was now clean.

He said the drugs were all for his own use, and while it may have been a large quantity, there was no evidence of any trafficking.

Rusanovski told the court “enough is enough” and he wanted to change his life.

“These are the mistakes I have to learn from,” Rusanovski said.

“I’d be happy to take urine tests.

“I just want to move on.”

Magistrate Andrew Halse said his concealment method was bizarre.

“He had triple the personal use amount in his shoes,” Mr Halse said.

“There is nothing here to validate he has been clean since.

“And I often hear the expression ‘enough is enough’.”

Rusanovski was sent for a community corrections order assessment and will be sentenced at a later date.