Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court: Oscar Bulmer pleads guilty to trafficking and possession charges

An “unremarkable” Elsternwick apprentice butcher who lived above a popular bar has been revealed to be a big time drug dealer

Elsternwick man Oscar Bulmer pleaded guilty to multiple drug trafficking charges after stockpile of drugs was seized from his Glen Huntly Rd home.

A Melbourne drug dealer, who has never before been in trouble with the law, has made an “extraordinary debut” in court after being busted with a massive stockpile of drugs.

Elsternwick’s Oscar Bulmer, 28, pleaded guilty at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court to multiple charges of trafficking cocaine, MDMA and ice, as well as possessing a taser, fake IDs and two handguns.

After a raid on his Glen Huntly Rd apartment in November last year, police uncovered $61,565 worth of drugs, including 16.3g of ice, 257.6g of MDMA and 39.3g of cocaine.

Magistrate Luisa Bazzani noted Bulmer had lived in an apartment above a popular bar — a convenient location for a drug dealer — for seven years.

“He lives on top of a bar, I don’t know whether this has relevance to his drug trafficking, but I suspect it does,” she said.

Ms Bazzani said it was an “extraordinary debut” for someone who had no criminal priors.

“You’re old enough to know better,” she said.

“The remarkable thing about you is your unremarkable past.”

Bulmer, a third-year apprentice butcher, admitted to using meth daily in the months leading up to his arrest.

Police had been observing Bulmer’s home on November 20 and pounded when he left the property, finding $1200 cash, two fake ID’s and two mobile phones.

In a subsequent raid of Bulmer’s property, police found the hoard of narcotics, as well as two handguns, a taser, and multiple bags of unidentified substances.

The court heard Bulmer “struggled throughout his childhood” after his parents split up, spending time between Queensland and Melbourne.

Ms Bazzani was unimpressed with the lack of responsibility Bulmer showed for his offending.

“Your childhood and upbringing is not that different from any other working class child,” she said.

“I take particular issue with your defence characterising this as a victimless crime. It’s not. The amount of drugs here and the street value, you’ve been making a lot of money from this.”

Ms Bazzani said jail “wasn’t a question of if, but of how long”.

“I must punish and deter not just you, but others in the community that don’t want to get a real job and go out and work like the rest of us,” she said.

Bulmer was taken into custody and will be assessed for a community corrections order.

He will be sentenced at a later date.