Finks president Koshan Radford to challenge Victoria Police’s 10-year Firearm Prohibition Order
He was once accused of setting his dogs on two police constables and is a senior bikie. Now, Finks national president Koshan Radford is challenging a 10-year gun ban issued by police.
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A senior bikie, who has been accused of setting his dogs on two police constables, is challenging a 10-year gun ban.
Finks national president Koshan Radford will challenge a Firearm Prohibition Order issued by police within the last two months.
Victoria Police have issued more than 50 of the bans to “high-risk individuals” such as bikies, organised crime figures and suspected extremists since the Andrews Government introduced the tough new laws, touted as gangbusting weapons, last May 9.
The 10-year orders allow police to search the subject of the order and anyone else in that person’s company, as well as property related to the person, without a warrant.
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So far, Radford is one of only eight people served with the orders to challenge it in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Notorious former Bandidos bikie enforcer Toby Mitchell is another.
Under the FPO, Radford, who lives in Endeavour Hills, is prohibited from possessing or using a firearm or a firearm-related item, and is even banned from entering premises where guns are sold or used, such as shooting ranges. Breaches of the ban are punishable by up to 10 years’ jail.
In 2017, Radford made headlines when on November 8, arriving in Bali with his wife, child and mother-in-law for a holiday, he was refused entry. Less than a week later, on November 14, the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang president appeared in a Sydney court to plead not guilty to punching a policeman in the face and urging his two dogs to attack retreating officers the previous night.
Arguing for bail in Parramatta Local Court, Radford agreed to post a second $10,000 surety so that he could move to Melbourne.
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His lawyer, Asem Taleb, told the court Radford had previously held jobs in the construction industry in Victoria and had been forced to return there to look for work.
Last September, it was revealed Radford had been hit with a bill for almost $600,000 for unpaid tax debts dating back to 2003.
In June, Mitchell told the Herald Sun that he had never carried a gun, and would challenge the FPO served on him because police were trying to erode his rights.
“It’s just police harassment. It means I, or anyone with me, can be searched 24 hours a day, wherever I am. They’re using me to erode everybody’s rights,’’ he said.
Bikie Colin Websdale who was once head of the Rebel gang’s Geelong chapter, has also challenged his firearms ban, arguing that it would not allow him to visit his in-laws, who were hunters.