A man who says he was being harassed by former Bandidos enforcer Toby Mitchell took his two-month-old daughter to a meeting with the ex-bikie for protection, a Melbourne court has heard.
After punching and threatening to shoot the man - who cannot be named - Mitchell said he'd shoot the baby, too, prosecutors allege.
Mitchell faced court on Wednesday seeking bail for a string of charges, including making threats to kill, laid over an alleged confrontation in a South Melbourne cafe on Saturday.
Magistrate Franz Holzer denied bail, saying the nature of the alleged offending was of concern.
Detective Acting Sergeant Chris O'Brien said Mitchell punched the man in the face and said: "I'll shoot you ya c*** if you don't give me the money."
And: "Take the kid away or I'll shoot it as well."
The threat was delivered as Mitchell pushed a gun into the man's stomach during a meeting over $300,000 Mitchell had allegedly demanded from the man, Acting Sergeant O'Brien said.
He said the man had taken his daughter because he thought her presence would provide him some protection.
"He didn't think he would be in any immediate physical harm if he had his child with him," Acting Sergeant O'Brien told the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
Prosecutors opposed Mitchell's bail application, saying he posed an unacceptable risk to the public, and he or his associates could interfere with potential witnesses.
Prosecutor Jelena Malobabic said a Mitchell associate had already visited the cafe and had asked them to clean up any blood.
Acting Sergeant O'Brien, from Victoria Police's anti-bikie Echo taskforce, also said a Mitchell associate had approached a friend of the victim while she was walking his dog.
"All of the witnesses and victim have expressed their fear," he told the court.
"'Petrified' was the word that was used."
Defence barrister Chris Dane argued both the allegation Mitchell had demanded money, or that he had a gun, relied entirely on the word of the victim.
Mr Dane told the court the victim had a prior conviction for making a false report to police.
Mr Dane said Mitchell, who quit the Bandidos in 2013, has only one kidney which was operating at 30 per cent, and required complex daily medical treatment to avoid dialysis.
He said the matter was unlikely to be resolved before the end of next year.
"When you marry the delay to his medical condition, we say he will be adversely affected by such a long time in custody," Mr Dane said.
Mr Dane said the alleged victim had misrepresented his relationship with Mitchell, and he was "in fact infatuated to the point of stalking Mr Mitchell".
Mitchell was remanded to return to court in May.
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