A high-flying mortgage broker whose businesses make more than $900,000 a year is accused of raping a woman three times in two hours – and then assaulting the police officer called to the scene.
Marwan Salim Aswar, director of Australian firm iLend Capital, has been charged with serious crimes after allegedly violently assaulting a woman in southwest Sydney last month.
Court documents obtained by Daily Mail Australia show that police will allege that Aswar, 32, raped a woman – who cannot be named for legal reasons – three times between 12.30pm and 2.30am on May 30 at his home in Greenacre in western Sydney.
He also reportedly committed two other assaults on the woman during the same period – aggressively sexually assaulting her while depriving her of her liberty and sexually touching her without her consent.
Mortgage broker Marwan Salim Aswar (pictured) has been charged with raping a woman three times and possessing an array of illegal substances
Police arrived at the property around 2:30am, but Aswar is said to have subsequently turned violent towards them – allegedly assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
He was taken into custody before police reportedly later discovered a cocktail of athletic performance drugs during a search.
The alleged illegal substances included 23 vials of human growth hormone, 10 vials of testosterone, five vials of Boldenone – a veterinary steroid commonly abused to build body mass – as well as 73 tablets of nonprescription Valium.
Dressed in prison green, the businessman – who uses both Salim and Aswar as surnames interchangeably – appeared via video link at Bankstown Local Court on Wednesday to apply for bail.
The entrepreneur, who has been in custody since his arrest, stared at the floor and pinched the bridge of his nose between thumb and forefinger as Magistrate Shane McAnulty read his files.
His attorney told the court that $50,000 bail could be offered for his release and that there were credibility issues in the case, which was a word-for-word matter.
While he admitted that his client had a criminal record of “very serious crimes” of “exactly the same nature”, he argued that those charges had been dropped and a previous bail had not been sacrificed as Aswar had appeared in court as required.
Police will claim that the attacks took place at Aswar’s house on Rea Street (pictured) in Greenacre
‘There are CCTV images of a consensual interaction at the slots [earlier that night]’ said the lawyer.
“She can be seen jumping into a vehicle and then following the defendant to his home.”
The lawyer also said the woman told police she had been introduced to Aswar by a partner the night before the alleged attack; however, that friend told investigators that the pair had met two months earlier.
Despite Aswar boasting “12 pages of criminal history,” the lawyer argued there was nothing to indicate that he would interfere with witnesses if released.
But the prosecutor disagreed, arguing that Aswar should remain in custody as his release would pose a risk to the complainant and the community.
She said Aswar was a possible flight risk due to the serious nature of the allegations and noted that enforcing bail could be problematic as police coming to his home would have “injured”.
She also noted that he owned several companies with combined annual sales of $900,000 and, taking that into account, the $50,000 bail was “insignificant.”
“I want to emphasize that he has been found guilty [of violent crimes] in the past and was previously imprisoned for theft,” she told the court.
“If he gets out on bail, there are fears he will [allegedly] continue to commit violence.’
Magistrate McAnulty described the prosecution’s case as neither “weak nor overwhelming” but agreed that the seriousness of the allegations meant that Aswar should be denied bail.
He noted that Aswar had an extensive criminal history including driving with illegal substances in his system and previously served jail time for causing bodily harm.
“His criminal record is not without blemish and contains a number of crimes that are violent,” the judge said.
“I am not satisfied that the risk can be reduced given his track record.
“This is another violent episode.”
As Magistrate McAnulty delivered his verdict, Aswar became disgruntled, threw up his arms and seemed to say ‘what?!’ before the video was disconnected.
According to the website, iLend Capital finances ‘first and second mortgage lenders, secured against a wide range of residential, commercial and industrial properties across Australia’.
The company also claims it is a “leading lender,” with “more than $8 billion in loans” nationwide.
Aswar will next appear before the Burwood local court on August 9.