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A notorious Perth bikie has spent the night in police lock-up after he was arrested for giving his shirt to a homeless man moments after he walked out of court on Tuesday.
Dayne Brajkovich, 46, told police he was “being a smart arse” after a court appearance with fellow Mongols member Troy Mercanti where the pair arrived wearing matching jerseys emblazoned with ‘TWINS 01’ and ‘TWINS 02’.
The duo faced Perth Magistrates Court to fight allegations they breached outlaw insignia laws by wearing Las Vegas Raiders gear, merchandise police claim has become the de facto patch for the Mongols.
As Brajkovich stepped out of the courthouse to a raft of waiting media, he pulled off his TWINS jersey and handed it to a homeless man. The gesture revealed a belt he was wearing bearing the words ‘Mongols MC 1% East End’, allegedly a reference to the Malaga chapter of the Mongols.
“Take this, it’s got Brakjovich on it, there you go,” the bikie said, with the man responding “I love you, I’m your brother.”
Brakjovich was photographed and filmed with the belt on display prompting a visit from police to his home at 9pm that night. He was arrested again, refused bail and spent the night in jail before appearing in front of a magistrate on Wednesday.
During that hearing, police applied for him to have bail refused on the basis that he is now facing six similar charges of displaying bikie insignia – either via tattoos or from clothing. He is taking those charges to trial in November.
Prosecutors said Brakjovich “demonstrated blatant disregard for the court” by revealing the belt, also claiming that “his actions show he will continue to offend in the same manner”.
But his lawyer said he “struck up a conversation with a homeless person” and “totally forgot” about what he was wearing.
He was bailed and told police he “just wanted to go home” after they approached him again outside court.
Both Brakjovich and Mercanti had covered or coloured-in tattoos prior to Tuesday’s court appearance, with gang crime squad detectives greeting them on the court steps to check them over.
Last week, Mercanti’s lawyer Paul Holmes called for an inquiry into the cost to the taxpayer for police using resources to ‘annoy’ bikies.
It followed Mercanti being removed from Optus Stadium during a West Coast Eagles game on June 6.
“How unAustralian, can’t even go to the football” Mercanti said as he walked out of court on Tuesday wearing an Eagles beanie.
But WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said Mercanti was removed from the venue under the Liquor Control Act on the grounds he was a convicted criminal.
“My first request to anyone who holds a president or a vice president or a sergeant-at-arms position in an outlaw motorcycle gang club is that if you are one of those things, then you will have these issues in your life,” he told Radio 6PR.
“The best way to avoid all of those issues is to not be an office holder in an outlaw motorcycle gang club.
“We deliberately target those individuals.”
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