Alleged bikie who fled overseas after 2019 shooting at Hindmarsh has been refused bail

An alleged bikie with a “propensity for extremely violent behaviour” sent a text saying he “should have put a bullet into his heart” after shooting a man, prosecutors allege.

An alleged bikie with a “propensity for extremely violent behaviour” who is accused of fleeing overseas after a shooting allegedly revealed his “sadistic pleasure” via encrypted messages, a court has heard.

The man, who cannot be identified, is charged over the alleged shooting of a rival bikie at Hindmarsh in September 2019, and a separate abduction.

The man was refused bail in the District Court after lodging a fresh application due to the likely delays before his matters reach trial.

A prosecutor told the court releasing the alleged Comanchero, who is accused of fleeing the state on the day of the shooting, on any form of bail was opposed.

She said encrypted messages obtained from the AN0M application as part of Operation Ironside showed the man returned to Australia six months later after learning the alleged victim was no longer co-operating with police.

Police at Hindmarsh where are man was shot in 2019. Picture: Tait Schmaal.

said the man was accused of using firearms, a taser and blowtorch in across the two separate incidents.

“The allegations … demonstrate that, if proved, the applicant has a propensity for extremely violent behaviour,” she said.

She said AN0M messages the man allegedly sent while in Thailand revealed his “motivation” for the shooting “was to put an end to a war that was ensuing with a rival crime gang”.

“He describes in detail the violent attack he committed, the sadistic pleasure he took in committing such a violent attack, describing ‘how funny it was’ that he made the alleged victim’s head squirt with blood in time with his heart beat after pistol whipping him, shooting him and bashing him,” she said.

She said in other messages, the man said he had “regretted he did not just kill the alleged victim” and sent a message saying: “thinking back, if I had known the outcome I should have put a bullet into his heart straight away then drive off with his car and burnt him in it before anyone witnessed anything”.

Bloodstains on a car located at the scene of Hindmarsh shooting in September 2019. Picture: Tait Schmaal.

She said that in relation to a separate alleged abduction incident, the man had said the case looked bad on paper but “it wasn’t that serious because we were laughing while we were doing it to him”.

He is also alleged to have provided firearms to other Comanchero before asking they be returned so he could sell them.

The man is facing multiple charges across three separate files including multiple counts of aggravated causing harm with intent, false imprisonment and firearms offences.

Michael Abbott KC, for the man, said his client had previously been released on bail for the violence offences, but the later firearms charges means he must prove special circumstances for release.

He said his client’s special circumstances health concerns of family members and the lengthy time the man would spend in custody before trial, which may further be delayed depending on the appeal outcome of a separate case about the legality of messages sent and received on the AN0M application.

Chief Judge Michael Evans refused the man bail for reasons including the gravity and risk of reoffending. He said special circumstances had not been met.