One of the men arrested at the weekend over a violent home robbery of an elderly Perth couple had released from detention last November as part of a controversial High Court ruling.
This masthead can reveal Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, is one of three men accused of a violent attack on Ninette and Philip Simons at their home in Girrawheen, in Perth’s northern suburbs, on April 16.
Ninette and Philip Simons were assaulted and robbed in their Girrawheen home.
The men allegedly posed as police officers and said they had a warrant to search the home for stolen gold.
Philip, 76, claimed they tied him up, while 73-year-old Ninette, a recent cancer survivor, was allegedly violently assaulted.
The three men allegedly fled the home with $200,000 worth of jewellery and other items.
After a week-long manhunt, police arrested three people in relation to the incident at the weekend.
Doukoshkan was charged with aggravated home burglary, robbery, impersonating a public officer, assault and detaining someone.
He was part of the cohort of detainees released from Yongah Hill Detention Centre last November after a landmark High Court ruling found indefinite detention for detainees who could not be deported was illegal.
The immigration minister Andrew Giles has been contacted for comment.
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