Perth bikie Michael James Aris used autistic son as bait to lure ex-girlfriend before bashing

How bikie thug used his autistic son as ‘bait’ to lure ex-girlfriend to a petrol station before ‘knocking her teeth out’ and holding her captive – as he learns his fate in court

• Ex-bikie jailed for four years
• Michael Aris denies he attacked his ex-girlfriend
• Woman said she lost two front teeth during assault 

By Olivia Day For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 09:05 BST, 2 April 2023 | Updated: 09:05 BST, 2 April 2023

A bikie member who used his autistic son as ‘bait’ to lure his ex-girlfriend to a patrol station before violently bashing her has been jailed. 

Michael James Aris denies he struck the woman over the head with a hard object, choked or hit her when she arrived at a Perth petrol station in September, 2020.

The jury, following a four-day trial, found the ex-Mongols member guilty of beating and then holding the woman captive in his car as she desperately tried to escape.  

His victim told the WA District Court she had feared for her life when Aris pushed a hard object into her abdomen and said: ‘I’ve got a gun and it’s loaded’.

She had arrived at the petrol station on Thomas Road in Bertram, in south Perth, to collect Aris’ nine-year-old son from the bikie’s friend Kyle Smith. 

Michael James Aris (pictured second from left) denies that he struck the woman over the head with a hard object, choked or hit her when she arrived at a Perth petrol station in late 2020

The jury, following a four-day trial, found the ex-Mongols member (pictured) was guilty of beating and then holding the woman captive as she tried to escape

The jury was told that despite she and Aris ending their hot-and-cold relationship eight months prior she still looked after his child. 

The woman said she had been caught off guard when Aris jumped out of the shadows and began to punch her, knocking out her two front teeth. 

She told the court he had tried to kiss her before forcing her into his car.

She told Aris she needed to pee and pretended to squat beside the car as her former partner warned: ‘I’ll shoot you if you run, I’ll shoot you’. 

The woman threw her car keys into a nearby bush before running for her life towards the petrol station where she intended to find help.

She told the court she heard ‘a real loud bang’ which she had assumed was a gun.

The woman had her two front teeth knocked out in the attack and was left with several bruises and abrasions.

In her victim impact statement, she told the court she ‘lost her independence’ following the brutal attack and lived in constant fear and anxiety.

The woman testified she had arrived at the petrol station on Thomas Road in Bertram, in south Perth, (pictured) to collect Aris’ nine-year-old son seconds before she was attacked by Aris

The woman said she had been caught off guard when Aris (pictured left) jumped out of the shadows and began to punch her, knocking out her two front teeth

She continues to experience problems with her teeth as well as panic attacks. 

Judge Michael Bowden said he accepted there was a level of pre-meditation in the attack as he had lured the woman to the petrol station before attacking her. 

He described the assault as a ‘sustained and ferocious assault’. 

‘She was vulnerable in the sense that clearly, you’re more powerful, much stronger than her. It was unprovoked, and it occurred in the public place,’ he said. 

Judge Bowden sentenced Aris to four years behind bars, with his sentence backdated to when he was charged in September 12, 2020. 

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