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Toby Mitchell’s appearance at infamous venue’s fight night

Bikie boss Toby Mitchell cheered on a kickboxer known as “The Punisher” at an infamous venue where a fatal shooting unfolded in 2019.

Toby Mitchell has stepped out with other underworld figures at a Saturday night fight in Kensington.
Toby Mitchell has stepped out with other underworld figures at a Saturday night fight in Kensington.

Bikie boss Toby Mitchell was spotted at a notorious boxing event where a man was killed in a triple shooting in 2019.

The Mongols president and senior outlaw motorcycle gang member Mark Balsillie were among the underworld figures who attended the Saturday night fight at Melbourne Pavilion in Kensington.

The bikies was there to support kickboxer Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim, who was previously jailed over a high-speed crash that killed an elderly woman in Reservoir in 2015.

Mitchell posted a video after the fight of his car being marshalled across the Bolte Bridge by two slow-moving police cars with their emergency lights flashing.

Mongols bikies Toby Mitchell and Mark Balsillie.
Mongols bikies Toby Mitchell and Mark Balsillie.
Kickboxer Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim won his fight.
Kickboxer Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim won his fight.
Police cars with flashing lights drove ahead of Toby Mitchell as he crossed the Bolte Bridge.
Police cars with flashing lights drove ahead of Toby Mitchell as he crossed the Bolte Bridge.
A 2019 shooting at Melbourne Pavilion that sparked a national manhunt. Picture: Lawrence Pinder
A 2019 shooting at Melbourne Pavilion that sparked a national manhunt. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Police have good reason to keep the venue on their radar.

Ben Togiai was shot and killed outside a boxing match held at Melbourne Pavilion in March 2019.

The young father had no serious criminal history and had attended the event with workmates.

Middle Eastern kickboxer Omar Bchinnati and Joseph Abouchaya were also wounded in the gunfire.

The shootings sparked a nationwide manhunt for brothers Abdullah El Nasher and Ali El Nasher and Mikhael Myko, the former boyfriend of Tony Mokbel’s stepdaughter Brittany McGuire.

Each of the men was charged in connection to the shooting.

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