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Sasha Dakik contests home firearm charges in Melbourne Magistrates Court

The colourful ex-roommate of footy legend Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson almost died after going to the aid of a bashed associate.

Thomas Windsor was rushed to hospital in February.
Thomas Windsor was rushed to hospital in February.

The colourful ex-roommate of footy legend Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson almost died from a bullet in the guts after going to the aid of a bashed associate earlier this year, a court has heard.

Thomas Windsor, a convicted drug trafficker and former co-accused of the ex-Essendon coach, was rushed to hospital in February after he was shot once in the stomach during an alleged home invasion in Clayton.

The Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard Windsor had “life saving surgery to repair and remove parts of his intestine” after he’d answered a call from a mate asking for help in the early hours of the morning.

Windsor — who the AFL great blamed when police found 480 ecstasy pills in their Port Melbourne home in 2018 — drove to the Alice St property before 2am on February 25, where he was slugged in the torso with one bullet that nearly killed him.

Thomas Windsor almost died from being shot in the guts.
Thomas Windsor almost died from being shot in the guts.

The details were revealed as his alleged shooter, Sasha Dakik, tried to get bail while facing a series of drugs and weapons charges.

Dakik, 30, was accused of forcing his way into the Clayton home with another unknown person, where they allegedly dragged a male occupant into the kitchen.

Two women at the house were told to leave without their phones, with one of them reporting sounds of “an assault taking place” in the kitchen, the court heard on Friday.

The alleged victim “called a close associate (Windsor) … and informed him what was taking place at the time,” Detective Senior Constable Matthew Sciortino, from the Armed Crime Squad, said.

“Windsor arrived by vehicle shortly after and entered the premises where he received a single gunshot wound to the stomach.”

The detective said Dakik’s DNA was identified on a fired 32 calibre casing found at the scene and his phone had pinged off Clayton cell towers at the time of the offence.

During Dakik’s arrest in March, police seized a 32 calibre ammunition round that cops allege matches the fired casing.

Former AFL coach Mark 'Bomber' Thompson. Picture: David Geraghty.
Former AFL coach Mark 'Bomber' Thompson. Picture: David Geraghty.

The gun used in the shooting has never been found.

Mr Dakik, who is unemployed and lives in Seabrook, was charged on Tuesday with 12 offences including home invasion with a firearm, shooting a person placing them at risk of death and intentionally causing serious injury.

He is contesting the charges.

Det Sciortino raised concerns the gun hadn’t yet been located, that Dakik faces separate drug and weapons offences, and that he was already subject to a firearm prohibition order.

The policeman conceded to defence barrister Tass Antos that the shooting case against his client was circumstantial.

Mr Antos said there was evidence that could “include hypotheses consistent with innocence” and said there was an identity issue in the case.

Barrister Holly Baxter, for the prosecution, said just because the case was circumstantial “does not mean that it is weak”.

In applying for bail, Dakik’s grandma offered a $100k surety from the equity in her Seabrook home, while her grandson sought to attend a 16-week drug rehabilitation program at a cottage in Shepparton.

Magistrate Rosemary Falla denied his bail application stating he was a risk of flight and that the surety didn’t allay concerns.

Dakik will return to court on August 25.

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