Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan: Girrawheen bashing accused kicked out of lodging weeks after detention release

A Kuwait-born man accused of taking part in a shocking attack on an elderly Girrawheen couple was kicked out of a budget hotel for “ongoing antisocial behaviour” weeks after being freed from immigration detention. Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, was released on November 11 — along with about 150 other non-citizens — after a High Court decision deemed indefinite immigration detention unlawful. Then on January 17, he was booted from City Stay Apartment on Wellington Street after living there for just one month, court documents obtained by The West Australian have now revealed. He was not allowed to pack up his belongings himself and was told by management not to return. But he came back on February 4 and police were called. His defence lawyer told Perth Magistrates Court that he intended to pick up some items that had not been handed back, and had advised cleaning staff, with plans to collect the goods from the car park. He also “did ring the police to make sure that that was okay, but somehow that message didn’t get through”. So Jamshidi Doukoshkan was charged with trespass and also for driving with a licence that had expired while he was in immigration detention, admitting to officers: “I knew ... I need to pay it”. Police then granted him bail, which was extended at a self-represented court appearance on February 21. That was the day after Commonwealth prosecutors did not oppose bail for visa conditions breaches he allegedly committed, despite detailing how he had repeatedly defied his 10pm to 6am stay-at-home curfew. On one occasion, he left at 12.40am, returned at 1.24am, then left again at 4.22am and did not return. But on March 22, the Federal charges were dropped due to a visa bungle, while Jamshidi Doukoshkan was fined $400 for the trespass and driver’s licence offences on April 10. A massive uproar erupted after he was charged over the horrific Girrawheen home invasion on April 16 that left 73-year-old grandmother Ninette Simons battered and fearful, while her husband Philip Simons, 76, was allegedly tied up. After the outrage over Commonwealth prosecutors not opposing bail, it then emerged that an Albanese Government-appointed community protection board had recommended Jamshidi Doukoshkan no longer be required to wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet. The Department of Home Affairs recorded a new address for him on February 14, court documents show. He will face Joondalup Magistrates Court along with three co-accused on June 10.