Lawyer Anthony Grant denied bail, will remain locked up in solitary confinement at Melbourne Assessment Prison

A Melbourne criminal barrister caught with a prosthetic penis during a police raid will remain locked up after a court heard details of his addiction to meth, GHB, ecstasy and ketamine.

Cash and drugs allegedly found in criminal barrister Anthony Grant’s apartment. Picture: Supplied/Court Victoria

A criminal barrister accused of trafficking drugs from his Melbourne apartment has been refused bail as the extent of his drug habit was exposed.

Anthony Grant, 44, will remain locked up in solitary confinement at Melbourne Assessment Prison after being refused bail for a second time on Monday.

Magistrate Timothy Bourke said Grant, a suspended barrister at Oxen Dixon Chambers, was clearly drug-addicted, outlining a report which showed he consumes methamphetamine, GHB, ecstasy and ketamine on a weekly basis, as well as eight standard drinks a day.

“He’s clearly under the cloud of drug addiction and in the world of drug activities is vulnerable to the influence of others,” Magistrate Bourke said.

The court heard Grant is clearly under the cloud of drug addiction.

Mr Grant is facing 13 charges which include trafficking a commercial quantity of 1,4-Butanediol and ketamine following a raid of his $800-a-week Queens Rd apartment in August in which an enormous stash of drugs, mostly prescription, were allegedly uncovered.

Among the items located was a prosthetic penis – which can be used to fake urine drug screens – as well as 355 tablets and 322 jelly packs of the erectile dysfunction medicine Sildenafil, sold as Viagra.

The prosthetic penis seized during a raid at Grant’s apartment.

Mr Grant’s defence lawyer previously put to the court there was little evidence of his client trafficking drugs.

Multiple phones seized at the Queens Rd apartment are yet to be forensically examined by police because of a claim of “legal professional privilege” made by the accused.

Magistrate Bourke ruled there was still “evidence in which trafficking can be made”, an offence which carries a maximum 25 year prison term.

“The offence against the (Mr Grant) is very serious. This is not a weak case,” the magistrate said.

The court heard two new sets of drug-related charges have also been commenced against Mr Grant.

The first set of charges related to methamphetamine found inside a backpack allegedly left by Mr Grant at Crown Casino after attending to play the pokies last month.

The second set of charges includes 35 counts of dealing in suspected proceeds of crime and handling stolen goods.

“Mr Grant may have problematic gambling issues,” magistrate Bourke said.

He will return to court on November 1.

His girlfriend Atousa Amouzegar Haghighi, 34, also lived in the Queens Rd apartment and was charged with drug offences following the raid.

She will make a bid for bail on Tuesday.

Mr Grant previously worked for the Office of Public Prosecutions.

He won a Federal Circuit Court battle in 2014 over his sacking, claiming it came about because of mental illness, and was awarded almost $100K in compensation.