Comanchero bikie Shaun Barry White sentenced after ‘violent, terrifying’ hold-up at Christies Beach

A Comanchero bikie has been sentenced for a violent, terrifying hold-up in which he threatened a young family sitting in a parked car.

A Comanchero bikie has avoided jail after CCTV captured him levelling a metal pole “in the shape of a firearm” at a crying child during a horrifying hold-up in Adelaide’s southern suburbs.

Shaun Barry White, 36, previously pleaded guilty to aggravated affray, admitting he approached a parked car outside a Christies Beach home, before “violently” threatening the family members inside to “get the f**k out”.

On Tuesday, Peter Hill, for White, told the court his client had “no intention – or prediction – that there would be a child there” – but Chief Magistrate Mary-Louise Hribal said it would have been “terrifying” for the man, woman and child inside the vehicle.

Comanchero Bikie Shaun White leaves the Adelaide Magistrates court.

White pleaded guilty to aggravated affray.

“At one point, the youth left the car and ran away, followed by the male passenger, who said ‘my daughter’s here bro, put your s**t away,” Chief Magistrate Hribal said. “The youth then appeared to be crying.

“You argued with the woman about who she was associating with and then you leaned in near her open window, apologised, and told the driver ‘don’t be a smart arse c**t’.

“It was totally inappropriate for you to have confronted them in this manner. By bringing a metal object – in the shape of a firearm – your actions were designed to be threatening and menacing to the people that were there.

“I’m told you were not aware there was a child present, but you should have seen it a reasonable possibility.”

White, of Christies Beach, was arrested in February this year after a police investigation into a number of other Comanchero members involved in the alleged affray, which occurred in November the previous year.

A court previously heard he was on bail at the time of the current offending on pending aggravated assault, affray and theft charges.

He was spared jail on Wednesday. Photo: Facebook

It also heard he had been placed on home detention bail in January on other offences related to “very serious accusations of violence”, but breached his bail conditions “only a week after”.

On Wednesday, the court heard the offending occurred after White had been informed an “unknown person” had threatened to “fire bomb” his home and injure his partner and child.

“You attended at the address with a metal pole and attempted to reason with them, and to make sure your home and family would not be compromised,” Judge Hribal said.

“You have subsequently been advised that the initial threat was as a consequence of a misunderstanding and it has now been resolved.”
Judge Hribal sentenced White, who she noted had “pro-criminal values, beliefs and connections with pro-criminal associates – with a desire to continue associating with them” to serve three months and two weeks on home detention.

Originally published as Comanchero bikie Shaun Barry White sentenced after ‘violent, terrifying’ hold-up at Christies Beach