The case against a "B-grade gangster" is so "hopeless" he should not even have to stand trial over allegations he threatened a police officer through a phone tap, his barrister says.
But a prosecutor has disagreed, asking a magistrate to send the case to the ACT Supreme Court and let a jury be the judge of its merits.
Former Nomads bikie boss Mohammed Nchouki has been charged, over a May 2021 phone call, with using a carriage service to threaten serious harm, using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend, and threatening to inflict grievous bodily harm.