An immigration detainee whose release sparked national outrage after he was accused of brutally bashing a grandmother is likely to plead not guilty to the alleged crime.
Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, was freed from detention following a controversial High Court ruling in November.Police have accused him, two other men and a woman of impersonating police officers on April 16 so as to get access to the Perth home of grandmother Ninette Simons, 73, and her 76-year-old husband, Phillip.Doukoshkan is charged with aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, impersonating a public officer and unlawfully detaining a person to gain benefit.
His co-accused – Joel Leslie Painter, 35, Seyed Younes Tahami, 37 and Emmy Ruzzel Signo, 48 – are also in custody and briefly appeared in the same court.Painter and Tahami are also charged with aggravated assault, burglary and robbery, impersonating a public officer and unlawfully detaining a person to gain benefit.Signo is charged with home burglary, robbery and impersonating a public officer. Her case was adjourned to June 19.
More than 150 immigration detainees were released following a High Court ruling that overturned 20 years of legal precedent, finding indefinite detention unlawful when there was no prospect of resettlement. Under the orders, freed detainees could be locked up or subject to strict surveillance, with 76 of the 153 released subject to electronic monitoring and 68 to a curfew.
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