Former Mongols chapter president Victor Wolfram in court over Surfers assault

The victim of a former bikie boss and his co-offender was unable to eat solid foods for days after a brutal Surfers Paradise assault.

A former Mongols chapter president has been sentenced to yet another jail term for his role in a violent brawl in Surfers Paradise.

Victor John Reuben Wolfram was out drinking in the party precinct on the evening of July 27, 2019 when a fight broke out between another member of his group and a third man.

Southport Magistrates Court heard the victim was already injured and bleeding by the time Wolfram threw himself into the fray.

The 30-year-old and his co-offender stomped on the man’s head several times each, leaving him unconscious.

Their victim was left with multiple cuts to his head and mouth, which required stitches and left him unable to eat solid foods for several days.

Victor John Reuben Wolfram. Picture: Facebook

Wolfram appeared in court on Friday via videolink from jail, where he has been since his arrest on unrelated charges in 2020.

He was earlier this year sentenced in Brisbane Supreme Court to seven and a half years’ jail for serious drug offences, with parole eligibility in November.

Wolfram was formerly the president of the Mongols bikie gang’s Surfers Paradise chapter.

Defence lawyer Michael Gatenby, of Gatenby Criminal Lawyers, said his client was battling a serious drug addiction at the time of the assault.

He said Wolfram was less involved in the attack than his co-offender and could not be blamed for the full extent of the man’s injuries.

“It seems the period of time in custody has allowed him to desist from the drugs,” Mr Gatenby said.

“He has a child with his partner, and he has not seen his child in some time.

“His son is now three years of age, and that seems to be a significant motivation for him to rehabilitate.”

Mr Gatenby said Wolfram had matters remaining before the District Court and was therefore unlikely to be granted parole this month.

Magistrate Dzenita Balic acknowledged the assault took place several years ago and Wolfram’s significant rehabilitation efforts since then, but warned him similar future conduct would only land him back behind bars.

“I know there were other circumstances – the fact you’d been intoxicated, you’d just come out of a bar, words had been exchanged between the complainant and the group you were with – but none of that explains it,” she said.

“It was a very poor decision and it’s not a very good example for your three-year-old son, is it?”

Wolfram pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm while in company.

He was sentenced to 12 months’ jail, to run concurrently with his existing sentence. No compensation was ordered.

Wolfram’s parole eligibility date will remain November 17, 2022.

His co-offender was sentenced to nine months’ jail, wholly suspended for nine months.