A prosecutor has warned it would be "diabolically dangerous" if the man who allegedly helped killer driver Puneet Puneet flee Australia was released on bail to live with a fellow Indian student.
Sukhcharanjit Singh was allegedly paid several thousand dollars by Puneet for his passport earlier this year.
Puneet fled Australia on June 12 using Singh's passport as identification.
Before leaving, Puneet celebrated his departure with friends.
On Thursday a bail application continued for Singh, who is charged with providing his passport to Puneet and has been in custody since his arrest in August.
Prosecutor Michael Tinney said the case against Singh was strong and it was too great a risk to release him on bail.
He said the idea of Singh sharing a bedroom with a fellow Indian student, who is also a prosecution witness, at his Melbourne home was unacceptable.
"It is a diabolically dangerous arrangement on the Crown submission," he said.
Magistrate Stella Stuthridge questioned how strong the evidence against Singh was.
"He has been quite lackadaisical with his passport," she said.
"He has probably even been reckless."
Puneet had pleaded guilty to culpable driving over the death of 19-year-old Gold Coast student Dean Hofstee.
Puneet had a blood-alcohol reading of 0.165 and was speeding at 148 km/h when his car slammed into Mr Hofstee who was walking on a footpath in central Melbourne in October 2008.
The hearing continues.
aap 15 Oct 2009
Australia does NOT need to import more criminals,
under the 'student' / 'refugee' / 'asylum seeker' banner.
Deport this human sewage back to where it came from.
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