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A Sydney neurosurgeon awaiting trial on a drugs charge cannot trust himself to refrain from using cocaine or consorting with prostitutes, a court has been told.
Suresh Surendranath Nair, 41, was refused bail in Sydney's Central Local Court on Monday after he was charged with breaching the bail granted to him on the drugs charge.
Nair was charged last year with supplying a prohibited drug at his Elizabeth Bay apartment, in Sydney's east, on November 19.
The charge related to the death of a 22-year-old woman, whose body was found at the apartment three days later.
Nair was initially granted bail under the conditions that he not take illicit drugs or engage with prostitutes.
He was arrested at a rented Bondi Beach apartment on Friday night after police saw three escorts enter the unit.
They allege he took cocaine with two of them.
In applying for bail on Monday, Nair's solicitor Mitchell Cavanagh said his client had admitted he had a problem.
He said the incident had occurred while Nair's psychiatrist was on holiday.
Mr Cavanagh told the court Nair would not reoffend if he was allowed to live with his mother, and would reside in a psychiatric hospital if required.
"He realises now he cannot trust himself to be on his own," Mr Cavanagh said.
In refusing the application, Magistrate Jane Culver said the breach occurred just a short time after bail had been granted.
"This is a matter where the protection of the community looms large," she said.
"This court can have little confidence in the defendant's willingness to comply (with the bail conditions)."
Nair will next appear on the charge of breaching bail in Central Local Court on March 1.
However, he is due to appear on the drugs charge on February 9 at the Downing Centre Local Court.
Nair was suspended by the Sydney West Area Health Service after his first arrest in 2009.
At the time NSW Health said the doctor had been the subject of reviews by the medical board in 2004 and 2008, resulting in suspensions and conditions being placed on his registration.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-...on-drug-charge-denied-bail-20100111-m1nm.html