Ex Bandidos bikie boss Brett Pechey allegedly threatens to stab police with a sword if they do not shoot
AN ex bikie boss allegedly threatened to stab police with a sword if they did not shoot him during a standoff on the Gold Coast last month that’s ended with him held in a hospital mental health ward.
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AN ex bikie boss allegedly threatened to stab police with a sword if they did not shoot him during a standoff on the Gold Coast last month.
Brett “Kaos” Pechey has been put in a mental health unit following the incident and his lawyer says he cannot get “any information because he is considered a security risk”.
He has been charged with a number of offences, including assaulting police.
However, defence lawyer Campbell MacCallum, of Moloney MacCallum Abdelshahied Lawyers, said Pechey would defend the allegations as “a number of factual matters are in dispute”.
“He is currently under the care of doctors who are catering for his health and welfare,” said Mr MacCallum.
Pechey is a former president of the West End chapter of the Bandidos and came into prominence when he fled to Thailand after the infamous Broadbeach bikie brawl in 2013.
He returned in early 2015 after he began to run out of money.
The 31-year-old re-emerged in late February when he was linked to an online feud with Ben “Notorious” Geppert, a former Hells Angels and Finks member.
Geppert accused Pechey of being a “dog”, or police informant.
The fight has spilled into their private life, causing a rift between their girlfriends, Instagram stars and sisters Rikki Louise Jones and Allaina Vader.
Mr MacCallum said the police shooting death in late February of former Comanchero bikie associate Liam Scorsese had also rocked Pechey.
His own alleged altercation with police has eerily similar circumstances to Scorsese’s final moments.
“My client is quiet distressed after a number of factors arising in his personal life which forms some of the basis as to how events unfolded,” Mr MacCallum said.
Police will allege Pechey barricaded himself in a Gold Coast home armed with swords.
It will be alleged when police tried to approach him the ex-bikie threatened “that he would stab them if they didn’t shoot him”.
About 26 police officers were at the scene trying to negotiate with Pechey.
He allegedly stabbed a number of walls and kicked out windows in the home.
Police will also allege Pechey threw an ironing board down a flight of stairs and a steel pipe at officers.
When officers tried to negotiate, Pechey told them to “come up, have a go and shoot him”, police will allege.
Police were only able to detain Pechey after he took prescription drugs which left him semiconscious, they claim.
WHO IS BRETT PECHEY:
THE former bikie boss who styles himself as “Kaos” has gone from a feared standover man to Instagram feuds with ex gang mates.
Brett Sole Pechey, 31, was the president of the West End chapter of the Bandidos before the Broadbeach bikie brawl in 2013 led to a police crackdown on bikie gangs.
Pechey’s heavily tattooed face made him one of the most recognisable bikies in relation to the brawl.
Unwilling to face this music, Pechey fled to Thailand.
He returned home after he began to run out of money and attempts to borrow $250,000 from his grandmother were unsuccessful.
Extortion charges he had been facing at the time were dropped after his return as the case had “weakened”.
While he was overseas, Pechey converted to Islam and on his lip has tattooed “Inshallah”, the Arabic word for “God willing”.
When he returned to Australia he was wearing the colours of Brothers 4 Life, a violent gang with links to Islam.
In 2016 he planned to spend $10,000 to remove some of his numerous tattoos.
At the time his tattoos included 13 on his Adams Apple, a swastika on his chest and “Brotherhood” on his chest.
Pechey more recently has become better known for his ongoing feud with Insta-famous bikie Ben “Notorious” Geppert, a former Hells Angels and Finks member.
Geppert claimed Pechey is a “dog”, or police informant.
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