Deng Malwal fronts court over violent home invasion in Tarneit

Four machete-wielding OGK bikies stormed a Tarneit home in the dead of night during escalating gang tensions and stabbed two victims during a targeted attack.

A young bikie involved in a violent home invasion in Tarneit in search of a rival gang member who ended up stabbing two adults will spend at least four-and-a-half years in prison.

Deng Malwal, 18, and three underaged boys— all members of the Original Gangster Killers (OGK) gang– stormed into a house on Emperor Parade in the early hours of November 30, 2022 during escalating gang tensions in Melbourne’s west.

Malwal was found guilty by a jury in July to charges of aggravated home invasion, intentionally causing injury, theft and handling stolen goods.

He pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated home invasion and armed robbery in relation to offending inside a Chadstone home prior to the Tarneit incident.

Malwal was sentenced in the County Court on Wednesday to seven years and one month imprisonment with a minimum non parole of four years and six months.

Bikie Deng Malwal is arrested in Harkness in relation to a violent home invasion in Tarneit.

Two 15-year-old boys and a 14-year-old boy involved in the Tarneit home invasion have been dealt with in the children’s court.

Judge Robyn Harper said the foursome, armed with a machete, went to the Tarneit house in a stolen Volvo and gained entry by smashing a glass door.

Malwal couldn’t locate a gang rival gang but attacked a male and a female occupant with a machete before leaving.

The female occupant was treated for a 6cm laceration to her head while the male suffered a penetrating stab wound of the left elbow down to the bone and lacerations to his fingers and arms.

Judge Harper said the offending was planned, it was carried out at night and Malwal was a key figure in the OGK gang.

“The offending was protracted, you hunted for your intended victim and when unable to locate them, caused injury and damage to other people on the property,’’ Judge Harper said.

Judge Harper said the female victim was fearful, felt nowhere was safe, had interrupted sleep and was anxious when home alone.

“Plainly the effect of your offending on the innocent family members of your gang rivalry has been horrific and life changing.”

Judge Harper said people had the right to safety within their own homes and that the community must be protected from criminal offending.