‘Slick Nick’ charged over home invasion in Pakenham

Gippsland identity Nicholas Chircop has been charged over a home invasion in Melbourne’s southeast in which he was shot.

Gippsland identity Nicholas Chircop has been charged over a home invasion in which he was shot, it has emerged.

Mr Chircop, known around the Latrobe Valley as “Slick Nick”, was wounded after an alleged confrontation at a home in Pakenham on February 16.

The 31-year-old from Warragul, who is banned from possessing a gun, was allegedly among a group of three men who turned up at a Ripplebrook Walk house in the early hours.

Police said at the time that an altercation broke out between a man at the property and the three arrivals.

Mr Chircop was shot and taken to hospital in a serious condition where he was placed under police guard.

Nicholas Chircop suffered a gunshot wound in Pakenham. Picture: Facebook

Chircop was left in a serious condition under police guard after the incident. Picture: Facebook

No one else was hurt in the incident.

Mr Chircop was two days later remanded in custody after being charged with home invasion with a firearm.

He also faces counts of reckless conduct endangering life, intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, theft and theft of a motor vehicle.

The two other visitors fled the scene before police arrived while the householder stayed at the scene.

The case is with detectives from the armed crime squad.