A drug trafficker who used his ill-gotten gains to lavish his model girlfriend with designer bags claims to have had sex with a policeman’s girlfriend while on bail.
Ryan Hill, 26, from Cairns admitted to trafficking drugs for 13 months, amassing a small fortune that allowed him to enjoy luxury holidays and even a custom-made yacht.
On Wednesday, the Cairns Supreme Court heard Hill believed police had ‘animosity’ towards him for sleeping with an officer’s girlfriend.
Crown prosecutor Nathan Crane asked Hill if he believed police resented him for the incident, to which he agreed, the Courier Mail reported.
He had still been posing as a tradie by dressing in hi-vis clothing and doing fake quotes, all while helping to distribute drugs across Queensland.
In February, Ryan Hill (pictured) pleaded guilty at the Supreme Court to drug trafficking as part of an organised crime syndicate
Soraya Bodman (pictured) is the former girlfriend of drug trafficker Ryan Hill, who used his ill-gotten gains to shower her with gifts
But Hill is seeking to drop his guilty plea to being part of a criminal syndicate after learning the offence came with an additional seven-year sentence.
The drugs operation crossed state lines as it was secretly shipped in a courier service from Sydney to Townsville.
While on bail, the court heard Hill continued to live his lavish lifestyle, with his ill-gotten gains since seized by the Queensland government.
He spent $1 million on luxury holidays and bought $12,660 worth of designer bags for his model girlfriend Soraya Bodman, as well as a $120,000 racing boat and several flashy cars.
He would also frequently visit Nando’s to satisfy his craving for spicy Portuguese chicken.
There is no suggestion that his girlfriend Ms Bodman knew of, or was involved in, the criminal activity.
A week before he was taken into custody, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that Hill (pictured) had sex with a police officer’s girlfriend
Soraya Bodman (pictured) was bought $12,000 worth of designer hand bags by her drug trafficker boyfriend
After pleading guilty to drug trafficking as part of an organised crime syndicate in February, Hill claimed he was unaware that it would add a mandatory seven years to his sentence.
Last month he applied to have that guilty plea reversed, after finding out his three co-offenders had received reduced sentencing.
In exchange for supplying information about Hill’s activities, they had charges of being part of an organised crime syndicate dropped.
Hill told the court that he was ‘angry’ and deserved the same treatment as his co-offenders because he did ‘the same s**t’ and was younger.
Despite being questioned by police, they claim Hill didn’t provide enough information which could have warranted a reduced sentencing.
‘In my eyes I’d done what everyone else had done,’ Mr Hill told the court.
Ryan Hill (pictured) enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, and particularly enjoyed spending his fortune on Nando’s
He insists that he should have raised more questions before pleading guilty on the drug charges claiming that there was something about the judge’s ‘body language’.
‘He seemed like I was silly to go guilty,’ he said.
A document signed by Hill was shown in court which led to his acceptance of pleading guilty.
He told the court: ‘I don’t read a document, I just sign it’.
He will reappear in court on Thursday as the pre-trial continues.
When Hill was arrested by police on January 2 2018, they found $95,000 in cash buried in a PVC pipe in bushland near his father’s home, court documents said.
After monitoring Hill for several days prior to his arrest, they also discovered another $23,000 in cash hidden in various places in his father’s house, mostly vacuum-packed.
Soraya Bodman (pictured) was given numerous gifts from Instagram star Tammy Hembrow’s website
Police allege Hill trafficked drugs hidden in packages from Sydney to Cairns, using the courier company Toll.
Court documents state the drugs were then sold on to buyers in Townsville and Taigum.
Not only is the syndicate alleged to have operated in Far North Queensland, but also South Australia, New South Wales and overseas, the Cairns Post reported.
Packages were sent to fictitious people, but to addresses owned by Hill’s family, court documents state.
Police allege they found 66 consignments from Sydney that Hill organised between July and December 2017.
His operation was first busted by police in January 2018, when he used his girlfriend’s car to pick up a package from the Toll depot.
He agreed to forfeit all his dirty money and proceeds from drug trafficking to the Queensland government under proceeds of crime laws.
The package contained a cardboard box with 1kg of ice inside, worth $750,000, as well as 2,000 ecstasy tablets, worth $20,000 and 28g of cocaine, worth $5,600.
Soraya Bodman (pictured) was dating the drug trafficker, who spent his drugs fortune on handbags, holidays and cars