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.
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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