Ex-Bandido threatened to kill man: court

Former Bandidos enforcer Toby Mitchell is in custody after allegedly threatening to kill a man and baby if he wasn't given $300,000.

Bandidos enforcer Toby Mitchell

Former Bandidos enforcer Toby Mitchell has been charged with extortion with threatening to kill. (AAP)

Former Bandidos enforcer Toby Mitchell allegedly threatened to shoot dead a man and baby girl if he wasn't given $300,000, court documents show.

He's also accused of owning a belt buckle with a built-in double-edged dagger, which is a prohibited weapon.

Mitchell, who has survived two shootings, was charged on Saturday with a string of offences including extortion with threats to kill and blackmail.

He didn't apply for bail when he appeared in court on Sunday and was remanded in custody to reappear in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Speaking outside court, lawyer Theo Magazis said Mitchell, 39, would fight the charges.

Police allege Mitchell demanded $300,000 with threats to shoot dead a man and baby girl.

The charges, which also include making threats to kill, firearms and assault-type offences, were laid after anti-bikie detectives raided a Docklands property just before midnight on Saturday.

Mitchell was shot five times in the back outside a Brunswick gym in 2011 and was again shot in March last year after more than 30 rounds were fired at a Melton bikie clubhouse.

Mr Magazis told the court Mitchell needed his diet monitored in custody, because one kidney was functioning at just 30 per cent.

Magistrate Ross Betts requested a medical examination for Mitchell, and also ordered the names of alleged victims be removed from documents provided to media.


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