While the court heard he sexually and physically
assaulted the girl multiple times, Detective Senior Constable Marc Clendenning
said Ms Ahmad, then aged 22 and 23, did not "physically hurt" the
teenager, but did treat her "badly".
The girl was on-sold more than a year later.
The Australian Federal Police have argued Ms Ahmad would
pose an unacceptable risk if she was released on bail.
Ms Ahmad's uncle, Abraham Abbas, also addressed the bail
hearing, stating he would provide the accused "somewhere to stay, comfort
and support".
He explained Ms Abbas would live downstairs of his home
with her daughter, and offered $75,000 and his home as surety.
When questioned about his views on Islamic State he told
the court, "I hate those bastards".
"Sorry your honour, sorry for the language. They're
evil and they don't represent anything we've got to do with Islam at all."
Defence lawyer Grace Morgan outlined her client would not
contest any application for a control order, which can force a person to wear
an electronic monitoring bracelet.
But Senior Constable Clendenning told the court such an
order can only be applied after a conviction, and it was not something the
Magistrate's Court could enforce if bail was granted.
"It's not a tool in bail conditions," he said.
Victoria Police Detective Sergeant Matthew Archer, who
has helped the investigation for over three years, agreed.
"The control order cannot be put in place because
the charges are before the court," he told the court.
The court heard Ms Ahmad also agreed to participate in
countering violent extremism (CVE) programs, administered by Victoria Police
and the Board of Imams Victoria.
But Senior Constable Clendenning said such programs were
intended for people on a "path of radicalisation", but Ms Ahmad was
beyond that point.
He said Ms Ahmad had not renounced support for Islamic
State.
"No conditions of that nature would ameliorate the
risk because there's a lot of unknowns with the accused's ideology," he
said.
Detective Sergeant Archer also said CVE could not be
"cherry picked", and was not available for someone charged under Ms
Ahmad's circumstances.
'Association with Islamic State linked networks'
On the first day of the bail hearing, a federal police
statement of facts read to the court outlined the Ahmad's family movements into
Syria.
It's alleged Zeinab Ahmad's father, Mohammad Zeinab,
arrived in Turkiye in 2013, before his family, including the accused, joined
him the year later, before crossing into Syria.
Mohammad and his wife Kawsar Ahmad accepted donations via
a social media page purporting to be a charity, called Global Humanitarian Aid,
which police suspect was used to pay for the family to travel into Syria.
During their time in Syria, the court heard social media
posts show the family were together in territory controlled by Islamic State.
Zeinab Ahmad made multiple social media posts supporting
Islamic State, she carried an Islamic State identification card, and earned an
income from the group, the court heard.
In 2015, Ms Ahmad posted her husband, Dawod, had made a
decision to "Hijrah to the land of Khalifah", which means to migrate
and join the Islamic State caliphate, the court heard.
"The actions my husband made, and which I had to
follow, have nothing, absolutely nothing to do with my parents or myself,"
her account posted.
It's believed Dawod was killed in 2016, and Ms Ahmad was
subsequently married to two other Australian men during her time in Syria.
The Australian Federal Police statement of facts state
she is currently married to a member of Islamic State, which shows "her
proximity to, and association with Islamic State linked networks".
The court heard all women, including the accused, had
severe restrictions placed upon their "liberties".
The court also heard details about how Islamic State
trafficked Yazidi women and children, an ethnic minority that live in Syria,
Iraq and Turkiye.
Some 6,800 women and children were captured by ISIS, to
be sold in markets to serve men for sex and household duties.
Many remain unaccounted-for./-