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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

Phone threat case against 'B-grade gangster' derided as 'hopeless'

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.

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