Frankston Magistrates Court: Dorian Figgins applies for bail after allegedly bashing friend for singing
A Toolarook man has applied for bail after he allegedly threatened to cut off the head of a homeless man and bashed a friend for singing a song.
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A man who allegedly threatened to kill a homeless man by chopping off his head and bashed a mate for singing a song has been denied bail.
Dorian Figgins, 45, appeared in the Frankston Magistrates’ Court via video link from prison on Wednesday where he unsuccessfully applied for bail.
The Toolarook man has been charged with making a threat to kill and other assault offences.
Mr Figgins allegedly pulled a knife on a homeless man living near his property in June this year.
The court heard Mr Figgins believed the man had been stealing his mail and allegedly approached him on June 17 yelling, and wielding a knife.
The court was told he said, “If I catch you near my letterbox again I will cut your head off”.
The court then heard when questioned about the incident Mr Figgins said the knife was a “toy” and he didn‘t really mean the threats he just wanted to ”scare” the victim.
“It wasn‘t a threat, it was just a joke,” he allegedly told police.
Mr Rafael Aviles for Mr Figgins told the the court this wasn’t explicitly a threat to kill, however Magistrate Gerard Bryant said “if you cut someone’s head off, usually they are dead”.
In August this year police were called to Mr Figgins’ house after a friend was allegedly beaten with a metal pole by Mr Figgins.
The court heard the friend had been staying with Mr Figgins and was “rapping” when Mr Figgins allegedly hit him over the head with a metal pole.
Police informant, Kyle Du Plessis told the court Mr Figgins had admitted to police he hit his friend but it was “self defence” because he had been “rapping about gang related topics so (he) had to fight for (his) life”.
Informant Kyle Du Plessis submitted to the court Mr Figgins would pose a “significant risk” to the community should he be released due to the “random” nature of his “extreme violence”.
Mr Aviles submitted to the court his client was an Indiegnous man and had ties to the area, having a mortgage and three children.
However, Magistrate Bryant said he was not satisfied Mr Figgins had showed compelling reasons he should be bailed
Bail was denied and the matter will return to court next month.
