Accused Tinder rapist fails in latest court bid for freedom
A MELBOURNE man accused of raping women he met on Tinder will remain in jail a little longer after another failed attempt at freedom.
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AN ACCUSED Tinder rapist will return to court again after yet another unsuccessful attempt at freedom.
Glenn Antony Dylan Hartland, 43, of Moonee Ponds, is accused of committing five rapes on women over a two-year period.
He has spent the past 54 days behind bars after his bail was revoked when he allegedly menaced a prosecution witness.
The alleged offender had hoped to apply for bail on Tuesday, but abandoned the plan after a magistrate criticised his taxpayer-funded legal team over its failure to prepare for it adequately.
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Mr Hartland’s barrister Marcus Langlois took the brunt of magistrate Carolyn Burnside’s frustrations after he attempted to get a sentencing indication out of her over his supposed poor behaviour while free on bail.
The court heard Mr Hartland, who allegedly met all of his victims through the online dating app Tinder, harassed the witness last month, laughing and yelling at her: “There’s no point hiding, you liar.”
Mr Langlois had hoped his client might get cut loose with time served and a fine if he pleaded-up to the charges, but Ms Burnside had different ideas.
The magistrate demanded to hear how the offences had impacted on the victim, who later provided an email suggesting she had been deeply traumatised.
When questioned by police about his behaviour at the time, Mr Hartland told them he suffered anxiety and was bipolar.
But Mr Hartland yelled from the prison dock that he in fact had a borderline personality disorder.
The revelation only annoyed Ms Burnside further, who criticised his public defenders for failing to produce any psychological evidence that might support Mr Hartland’s claims.
“I find it astonishing that you ask the court to come up with a decision in these circumstances when I have no understanding of his personality,” she said.
“That you thought today was appropriate for a court to sentence in absence of that material.”
She urged Mr Langlois to abandon his plans to pursue a guilty plea on the breach of bail and contacting prosecution witness charges.
Mr Langlois took her advice, but asked Mr Hartland be booked in to have another roll of the dice at bail on Thursday.