The Snitch: Willie Mason backtracks on Bible bashing in video on bikie’s Insta page

Former NRL star Willie Mason has backtracked on his comments that the Bible is ‘fictional’ … in a video posted to the Instagram account of a man described by police as a bikie associate.

Former NRL star Willie Mason has issued a bizarre mea culpa to social media fans of a bikie — over the Bible, of all things.

It appears outlaw motorcycle gang members got their noses out of joint over the ex-Bulldogs player’s recent categorisation of the Bible as “fictional”.

A screen grab from the Willie Mason chat on Jason ‘Ace’ Fahey’s Instagram page.

Ahead of a boxing fight earlier this month, Mason was asked during a media interview about his views on Israel Folau.

“I’ve been very loud about this — there are some absolute pieces of shit playing our game, and then we get a bloke who quotes a fictional book and he gets ostracised and can’t play here,” he told Sporting News.

Last week Mason, 40, turned up in an Instagram story on Jason “Ace” Fahey’s profile to correct the record.

It was an odd platform to choose, given Fahey is a former Bandidos-turned-Hells Angels OMCG figure, according to police sources.

“Obviously before the fight last week there were some things taken out of context saying I (was) bagging the Bible and I wasn‘t religious,” Mason said.

Mason in action on the field in 2015. Picture: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

“What a load of shit. I go to church every single Sunday.

“I have come here to break some bread with one of the boys.”

A short, tattooed man then entered stage right and some back-slapping followed.

“He came, he spoke the truth and he is not a coward. He is a man in my eyes,” the man said.

The unusual peace meeting, filmed on a balcony overlooking the harbour, ends with a selfie of Mason, Fahey and another man dressed in a Hells Angels MC City Crew T-shirt.

LOOKING FOR A HOME

Sam Ibrahim is still twiddling his thumbs in immigration detention and there are rumours circulating that Lebanon don’t want him either.

We heard on the grapevine that the federal government’s efforts to deport the former bikie boss back to his birth country on character grounds did not receive a warm welcome from the Lebanese government.

Officers from Strike Force Raptor hand Sam Ibrahim over to Australian Border Force.

Essentially, Lebanon’s attitude appears to be that Australia made Ibrahim, so don’t palm him off on to us.

The standoff means Ibrahim will remain in detention centre purgatory for some time yet.

The government cancelled Ibrahim’s visa after he was jailed for a gun supply ring when it emerged that he was not a fully fledged Australian citizen.

We put this to the Department of Home Affairs and a spokesman said: “The department does not comment on individual cases.”

HEART STARTER

No one would accuse Greg James QC of not putting his heart into his work, especially considering his recent efforts.

Barrister Greg James QC. Picture: Bradley Hunter

The barrister has been appearing in court in between bouts of heart surgery.

On March 30, Mr James went under the knife to have a mitral valve removed, but then appeared in court the following week to run the defence case in the murder trial of Ahmed Jaghbir.

However, the operation left the barrister with complications requiring more surgery. He managed to do a quick opening and cross-examination in the case of Ahmed Elomar before going back under the knife on February 10.

After treating himself to a weekend off, Mr James was back in court on Monday to win a casino whale case and have his client awarded $58,000 in costs.

Mr James wanted to clear one thing up about his schedule. “I don’t want you to think it’s been easy,” he said. “The doctors ordered me to drink decaffeinated coffee.”

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