Duncan Godwin: Charged over Caddens home invasion

A drunk senior bikie allegedly broke into his son’s home where he pointed a gun at his daughter-in-law and said “I’m going to kill you if you call the police”, a court has heard.

A drunk senior bikie allegedly broke into his son’s western Sydney home where he pointed a gun at his daughter-in-law and said “I’m going to kill you if you call the police”, a court has heard.

High-ranking Outlaws MC member Duncan John Godwin has been charged with a number of offences, including aggravated break and enter and intimidation, following an incident at his son’s home allegedly sparked over a “modest sum of money”.

The court heard CCTV footage allegedly showed a drunk Godwin, aged in his early 50s, being dropped off by a friend at a Caddens address in March this year.

The alleged home invasion took place in March this year (generic image).

Police allege the bikie forced entry into the home and went upstairs and encountered his daughter-in-law.

Godwin is accused of pointing a pistol at the woman and saying “I’m going to kill you if you call the police”.

The court heard he left and returned upstairs and said, while laughing, “if you ever come back in my house again and disrespect me I will kill you”.

The prosecution case alleges Godwin went downstairs and shot a refrigerator and the wall of the home.

The court heard he then returned upstairs and said to the woman “do you want to see what happens next … I’m going to have people run through your house at midnight”.

Godwin’s lawyer Justin Lewis told the court that during a triple-0 call made by a neighbour, Godwin’s son was directly asked by the operator if his father had a gun.

“(The son) denies it and says he believes the father has come with a sledgehammer,” Mr Lewis said.

When Justice Robert Hulme asked what alternate explanation there was for the bullet damage inside the property, Mr Lewis didn’t offer an example but said the onus was on the prosecution to prove that Godwin was responsible.

“There is a strong case that my client was present and there may have been discharge of a firearm while he was present, but he denies it took place the way police are alleging,” he said.

The court heard Godwin’s son and daughter-in-law had not been co-operating with police.

However, Justice Hulme found it was a strong case considering the physical evidence of Godwin being at the scene at the time of the incident as well as gunshot residue being found on his clothes and refused bail.

The matter will return to Penrith Local Court later this year.