A Perth grandmother who was violently bashed during a home invasion allegedly carried out by a freed immigration detainee and two others is demanding answers from the federal government over his release.
Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, was released from immigration detention after a High Court decision in November.
He was one of three men arrested last week over the alleged savage beating of Ninette Simons during a home invasion at Girrawheen on April 16.
Taking a call from Minister for Immigration Andrew Giles today, Simons questioned how Doukoshkan ended up in her lounge room in the first place.
“I don’t feel safe here anymore, I don’t. But I’m doing my best to live here – I don’t know,” she told Giles over the phone.
Doukoshkan had been charged with breaching his curfew in February but was granted bail.
It was later revealed his monitoring bracelet was removed on advice of the Commonwealth.
“That’s what we can’t understand, why was his ankle bracelet removed in March?” she said.
Doukoshkan was fitted with an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet in February after he was charged with multiple curfew breaches.
Almost two weeks later, on February 13, authorities were alerted that his device had a low battery and the next day the bracelet was flat.
Doukoshkan had emailed the department to say he had trouble charging it but it wasn’t until February 16 that Australian Federal Police officers went to check on him.
The 43-year-old has been charged with offences related to the alleged aggravated home burglary.
Of the $200,000 worth of jewellery allegedly stolen, only some items have been recovered.
9News asked the AFP about why officers didn’t respond to the flat battery earlier.
A spokesperson referred the questions to Border Force, which was yet to respond.
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