Nat Barr has accused the Albanese government of a ‘code red stuff-up’ after an immigration detainee was bailed three times before allegedly bashing an elderly woman unconscious in her own home.
Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, was one of 149 people released from immigration detention after the High Court ruled against indefinite detention late last year.
He is one of three men accused of breaking into the home of Ninette, 73, and Philip Simons, 76, in Girrawheen in Perth’s north, on April 16.
The group, who posed as police officers, allegedly bashed the elderly couple before making off with more than $200,000 worth of jewellery and other belongings.
Ms Simons was beaten unconscious and left with such terrible injuries she thought she ‘should have been dead’.
Sunrise host Barr fumed on Tuesday morning over the fact Doukoshkan was one of the immigration detainees who was released into the community after November’s controversial High Court decision.
Sunrise host Nat Barr (pictured) has accused the government of a ‘code red stuff up’ after an immigration detainee was bailed three times before allegedly bashing an elderly woman unconscious in her own home
‘There’s bad and then there’s a code red stuff-up,’ Barr said.
‘Australia is furious this morning. How on earth does the government fix this?’
But Seven’s political editor Mark Riley said Australians would be ‘madder’ after learning that Doukoshkan has been bailed three times this year.
‘Twice on state charges for drug and driving offences, and the most recent of those just days ago and also once on the Commonwealth charges, federal charges for breaching a visa which of course the government stuffed up,’ Riley said.
Doukoshkan faced a Perth court in February after breaching some of his bail conditions.
He appeared in Joondalup Magistrates Court on Monday charged with aggravated home burglary, assault, detaining someone, robbery and impersonating a public officer.
Over the weekend, police arrested four people, including Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, who was one of the immigration detainees released from detention. He has been bailed three times this year, according to 7News
A man, 38, and two women, 24 and 48, were arrested over the alleged home invasion.
The 38-year-old man was charged with a number of offences relating to the alleged aggravated home burglary.
Police will allege the 48-year-old woman drove three men to and from the Girrawheen home on the night of the incident.
Doukoshkan was remanded in custody to face court again on June 10.
He was one of the detainees released from Yongah Hill Detention Centre in Perth last November.
A High Court ruling found it was illegal for detainees who could not be deported to be detained indefinitely and he was released into the community with dozens of other detainees.
On March 22, a court order that required Mr Doukoshkan to remain at a fixed address was discontinued after it had been in place for about one month.
The Federal Opposition has called for Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to be sacked immediately over the immigration detainee scandal.
‘If they can’t explain what they’re going to do to make sure that this never happens again, then they should both resign,’ Liberal Senator James Paterson said.
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