Father of two brothers charged with bashing Victoria police officer threatens the cop on Facebook

The father of two brothers charged with assaulting a top police officer near a Melbourne train station has backed up his sons by threatening the cop in a chilling Facebook post.  

Assistant Commissioner Chris O’Neill, 60, was hospitalised with serious injuries after he was kicked and punched in the head and chest near Heyington station in the wealthy Melbourne suburb of Toorak around 5.30pm on Saturday. 

Jay Stephens, 20, and Isaiah Stephens, 18, were arrested on Monday and were charged with the bashing of the cop, and faced court on Tuesday.

Their father Jared Pilgren wrote on Facebook on Tuesday: ‘I’d p*** on you Chris O’Neill ya maggot dog. I got zero respect and you know why. 

‘F*** the police and your crew ya swine. You attack mine, god help yours.’   

The father of two brothers charged with assaulting a top police officer near a Melbourne train station has threatened to bash the cop in a Facebook post.

‘F*** the police and your crew ya swine. You attack mine, god help yours,’ Mr Pilgren wrote on Facebook

Mr O’Neill was taken to hospital where he was treated for cracked ribs and serious head injuries, following the incident. 

He has since been released.   

The brothers fronted Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday charged with intentionally causing reckless injury. 

Jay was refused bail and Isaiah made a bail application for Friday and will remain in custody for now.  

‘Cops want war let’s start gang land killings again,’  Mr Pilgren wrote in reply to his Facebook status. 

The pair had been on board a train when passengers complained they had been vomiting and urinating inside a carriage, Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill said.

Jay and Isaiah then got off the train at Heyington station and came into contact with Mr O’Neill, who was off-duty at the time, once they left the station.

Assistant Commissioner Chris O’Neill (pictured), 60, was kicked and punched in the head and chest near Toorak’s Heyington Station around 5.30pm on Saturday

Jay Stephens (left), 20, and Isaiah Stephens (right), 18, were arrested at Malvern East on Monday at 3.45pm and were charged with the savage bashing of the cop

Mr Pilgren was pictured outside Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in a tradesman uniform as his sons are accused of bashing a police officer 

Inspector Stephen O’Donnell said the men appeared to be ‘looking to cause trouble’.

Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has shared her disgust over the unprovoked attack.

‘It is absolutely appalling that we’ve had someone who was just going about their day in an unprovoked attack, attacked and assaulted and injured,’ she told The Age.

‘My thoughts are with Chris O’Neill and his family as as he’s recovering from this senseless attack.

Jay and Isaiah had been on board a train when passengers complained they had been vomiting and urinating inside a carriage, Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill said

The pair had allegedly come into contact with Mr O’Neill, who was off-duty at the time, once they left the station