Melbourne teen Daniel Batsanes denied bail after charged with serious criminal offences: Court
A Melbourne teen with 600 charges is suspected of a wild machete attack and fleeing police while driving on the wrong side of the Princes Hwy.
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A suspected teen hoodlum accused of speeding down the wrong side of the Princes Highway narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic has cried while his alleged offending was aired in court.
Daniel Batsanes, 19, fronted Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with various criminal offences including intentionally cause serious injury and dangerous driving.
Police alleged Batsanes bludgeoned a man with a machete before stealing a $25,000 Ford XR-6 at Narre Warren on October 19 last year.
Batsanes, who was on bail at the time, then allegedly committed various criminal acts at Endeavour Hills, Mulgrave and Noble Park between October 27 and November 29.
Police also alleged Batsanes stole a $25,000 Audi A5 in Springvale on December 4 last year.
Batsanes has been accused of doing a runner in the Audi and leading cops on a pursuit through Melbourne’s southeast.
It’s alleged Batsanes drove “in a manner dangerous to the public” through Springvale and Dandenong before crashing into another vehicle then drove off the wrong way along the Princes Highway.
Casey CIU detective Senior Constable Jarryd Rutherford told the court Batsanes “narrowly avoided colliding with oncoming traffic”.
Police caught up with Batsanes at Noble Park where he was allegedly nabbed with meth, stolen identity documents, bank cards and white pills marked ‘300’.
Batsanes, who was charged and remanded on December 4, was also allegedly nabbed with 1,4 butanediol, cannabis and a weapon.
The court heard Batsanes, who made a second bail application for his current alleged crimes, has racked up 600 charges including aggravated carjacking and escaping custody.
Detective Rutherford, who opposed Batsanes’ bail bid, alleged the teen carjacked a 70-year-old woman while she sat in her parked car at Springvale station
Batsanes “forcefully” dragged the woman out of her car and punched her face, head and stomach numerous times before stealing the car, Detective Rutherford told the court.
The court heard Batsanes, who has allegedly failed to answer bail on multiple occasions, also escaped custody by threatening to stab a corrections officer with a homemade “shiv”.
Detective Rutherford said Batsanes presented a “high danger to the community”.
“(Batsanes) is an unacceptable risk to the safety of any person as he has shown his propensity for violence …,” Detective Rutherford said.
“(Batsanes’) behaviour exhibited in this current incident does not reflect a reasonable person’s behaviour …
“(Batsanes) has used extreme violence and struck the victim with a machete who was backing away and not expecting to be physically assaulted.
“(Batsanes) also presents a high danger to the community shown by his extensive history to continually drive stolen motor vehicles in a dangerous manner whilst being a disqualified driver and evading police …
“(Batsanes’) driving history can only be described as terrible …”
Detective Rutherford also alleged Batsanes made admissions to his alleged offending.
The court heard Batsanes was able to make a fresh bid for freedom after changes to the Bail Act which came into affect late last month.
The defence submitted Batsanes was “quite tearful” during his first bail application and “was crying while the summary was being read”.
Batsanes, whose extensive criminal history was submitted to the court, would stay at a Gippsland drug and rehab residential facility if granted bail.
“(Batsanes’) motivation is he doesn’t want to grow old in custody in the adult system,” a defence witness submitted.
The court heard a plea offer on behalf of Batsanes had been offered to the prosecution for consideration.
Magistrate David Starvaggi said Batsanes’ alleged offences could “only be described as extraordinary violent and serious offending”.
“(Batsanes’) propensity and proclivity for violence and his ongoing disregard for the law and the serious nature of the allegations … his continued offending against the backdrop of (an extensive) criminal history simply leave me in a position where I cannot be satisfied that any conditions … would reduce risk to any acceptable level …,” Mr Starvaggi said.
Batsanes, who appeared via videolink from Ravenhall Correctional, was refused bail and remanded to face court at a later date.
