Anthony Bell AVO case: Champion skipper denies spying on estranged wife Kelly Landry

ANTHONY Bell has denied ever putting on a wig and dressing as a woman as his bitter split with Kelly Landry turns weird.

FORMER television presenter Kelly Landry felt scared and intimidated by estranged husband Anthony Bell when CCTV cameras showed an Aston Martin Vanquish similar to his slowing as it drove by her Sydney home, a court has heard.

Footage from the same day also purportedly revealed a man taking photos of her Watsons Bay home as he walked past and a woman Ms Landry believed to be in disguise peering through the front gate.

The woman wore a scarf around her head, the court heard.

The footage was shown at Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday as police sought, unsuccessfully, to vary an interim apprehended order against champion Sydney to Hobart skipper and celebrity accountant Mr Bell.

Police wanted an exclusion zone around Ms Landry’s residence, saying she was afraid for her safety.

Kelly Landry leaves the Downing Centre Court after the AVO hearing.

The former model and Getaway presenter checked the February footage after her brother allegedly sent her a text saying:

“I don’t want to alarm you but Ant is out the front of your house,” the court heard.

But Mr Bell said his Aston Martin had a different roof and wheels to the one captured on camera and an employee and a security guard at his accountancy firm both told the court he was at work at the time.

Mr Bell said he did not know anything about the man taking photos or the woman Ms Landry thought was in disguise.

His lawyer Chris Murphy asked Mr Bell: “Have you ever dressed up as woman?” before magistrate Peter Barnett interjected.

Anthony Bell (right) with his lawyer Chris Murphy.

“It says a woman in disguise, Mr Murphy,” the judge said.

“It never even occurred to me that I was being asked to make a finding that person was supposed to be your client in drag.”

Police also alleged that Mr Bell breached the terms of his AVO when collecting his children by boat, docking it at the rear of Ms Landry’s residence and walking up the jetty.

But Mr Barnett ultimately decided to deny the police application for an exclusion zone, saying he could not act on footage of a car that was not proved to be Mr Bell’s, or footage of a man and woman who Mr Bell was not proved to know.

Mr Bell and Ms Landry are due back in court in May, when he is expected to challenge the AVO.