NSW: Fifth Comanchero refused bail over fatal airport brawl
01 Apr 2009 5:28 PM
SYDNEY, April 1 AAP - Five Comancheros members remain behind bars after a magistrate refused bail for the latest man charged with affray over the fatal bikie brawl at Sydney airport.
In refusing bail for Christian Menzies, magistrate Allan Moore described the brawl as "a most serious matter", occurring in a public arena in the middle of the day.
"I am told the prosecuting authorities have witnesses who have given statements involving this gentleman in the affray," he said in Sydney's Central Local Court on Wednesday.
Menzies, a 26-year-old bricklayer, is the fifth man charged with affray over the airport brawl involving Hells Angels and Comancheros on March 22.
Anthony Zervas, 29, died as a result of the fight and his brother, Hells Angel Peter Zervas, was repeatedly shot on Sunday as he sat in a car outside a Sydney unit block.
In applying for bail for Menzies, solicitor Lesly Randle criticised the absence of police details about "anything specific" her client allegedly did in the incident.
Outside the court, Ms Randle said she would be seeking a review of the bail decision or may make another application in the NSW Supreme Court.
