See the gruesome photograph after Comanchero bikie Ian Clissold bit off relative’s ear
Bikie boss Ian Clissold boasted he was the most dangerous criminal in Australia, and a young relative found out the hard way not to stand in the way of the bikie thug.
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Comanchero bikie boss Ian Clissold boasted he was the most dangerous criminal in Australia - and a relative has found out the hard way not to stand in the way of the bikie thug when he is angry, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
Clissold left the relative with blood pouring down his face after he bit the top of his right ear off, matching the young man’s left ear which some months earlier had also been bitten and mutilated by Clissold.
The relative, who was protecting Clissold’s pregnant sister-in-law as he launched an attack on her, is scarred for life but didn’t report either assault to police “because it wasn’t worth it”, a source said.
“He just put ice on it each time,” the source said.
The master sergeant at arms of the Comanchero was jailed last week not for the attack on that relative but for launching what magistrate Fiona Toose described as a “terrifying” tirade against his de facto.
Ms Toose told the self-confessed bikie hardman, who has already spent a decade in jail for manslaughter, that he needed an “attitude adjustment”.
He appeared via video-link, a shadow of his former self after sources said he had been using the drug ice and refusing to go into rehab despite being visited by senior Comancheros urging him to get off the drug.
Penrith Local Court was told in an agreed set of police facts that Clissold and the woman had been in a relationship for five years during which he had frequently subjected her to controlling and threatening behaviour including threatening to kill her family as he brought up his bikie links.
Early in their relationship Clissold showed her photos from his 1999 manslaughter conviction when he and another bikie had been ordered to “discipline” fellow Comanchero Peter Ledger after a disagrement over a motorbike swap. The punishment had got out of hand and Ledger was killed.
“Now you know what I’m capable of, I am one of the most dangerous criminals in Australia,” the court heard Clissold told his de facto.
In August 25 this year, told her: “You’re not going anywhere before you f--ing tidy the house.”
He swung his motorcyele helmet at her before stopping just short of making physical contact.
Clissold then demanded she hand over her car keys and told her he would bolt the door so she “could never leave”.
“Bye see you in a week, have fun with nothing here,” Clissold said to her.
She fled to Windsor Police Station after he left the property and Clissold was arrested and served with an apprehended domestic violence order.
Less than a month later he was in custody for breaching the ADVO by making an abusive phone call to the woman, court documents said.
Clissold’s lawyer asked the court to take into account that the de facto had not sustained any actual physical harm, rather serious fear. He said while the offences occurring in the victim‘s home were an aggravating factor the door wasn’t actually bolted shut and the victim was able to escape.
“You have no right to place a person in fear or smash up their house. It’s terrifying,” Magistrate Toose told Clissold.
“You’re sending the message to your partner they’re not entitled to feel safe in their home.
“If you don’t like the person you’re in a relationship with may I suggest you move on instead of terrorising them.”
Clissold pleaded guilty to stalking and intimidation, common assault, destroy/damage property and contravening court orders. He was jailed for a total of 18 months with a non parole period of nine months.