Bail refused for alleged Kialla home invasion and assault

Mr Ramadan is facing charges of home invasion, intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury and intentional property damage.

Informant Detective Senior Constable Luke Arrowsmith told the court Mr Ramadan and five co-accused drove to a Kialla house at 11pm on January 11, 2022.

He said the group approached two people at the house, asking for a particular person — who had fled over the back fence when he saw them coming.

Police believe the dispute was over a green Holden Commodore that was sitting in the driveway of the house.

Det Sen Constable Arrowsmith said police allege the six men approached a man in the driveway and punched and kicked him repeatedly, with Mr Ramadan taking turns assaulting the man.

The victim was knocked unconscious, lost multiple teeth and had bruising and lacerations to his face.

Det Sen Constable Arrowsmith said Mr Ramadan bashed on the front door and yelled at a woman before picking up a rock, smashing two windows with another of the men.

The six men entered the house searching for the person they were looking for, some of them arming themselves with knives from the kitchen.

Another woman inside the house was punched in the face by one of the co-accused and started to lose consciousness.

One of the co-accused yelled at the woman, “they ****** me up yesterday ... they stole my car”.

When police arrived the six accused fled, running through the Kialla Gardens Village.

Two of the men forced their way into a building, with one entering the bedroom of a 95-year-old dementia patient to hide from police, where he was found.

Four of the men, including Mr Ramadan, were found walking outside the village and arrested, and the sixth was found hiding in a courtyard.

A set of Holden car keys was found in Mr Ramadan’s possession.

The court was shown audio and video footage recorded by the victim’s motion activated doorbell on the front door.

An initial two minutes and a further three minutes were captured by the doorbell camera, but not the five minutes in between, and Mr Ramadan can be seen wearing a bright yellow top in the footage.

After he was arrested Mr Ramadan was interviewed and admitted to attending the address, after being shown the video footage, but denied he assaulted anyone.

Det Sen Constable Arrowsmith said police believed Mr Ramadan was a risk of committing further crimes while on bail, which he had demonstrated having been on bail at the time of these offences.

There had also been 28 warrants issued for his arrest previously.

Lawyer Erin Byrt said the men were there under a ‘claim of right’ to retrieve property of one of the men — the green Commodore.

She said it was clear in the video the men were yelling, “that’s my boy’s car” and “give me the keys”, demonstrating they were there to get the car back.

She also questioned if there was evidence to say Mr Ramadan was involved in the assault, which was not captured on CCTV.

Ms Byrt said should he be released on bail, Mr Ramadan had drug, alcohol and mental health treatment available, he could live with his mother and he could be banned from entering Greater Shepparton.

Magistrate Peter Dunn said he didn’t believe the risk of releasing Mr Ramadan could be minimised by the proposed bail conditions.

“He’s shown himself on multiple occasions willing to not comply with bail, and to do so in travelling hours in a vehicle to engage in these activities,” he said.

Mr Ramadan was denied bail.