Overview
- Davies appeared via video link from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he is under police guard after sustaining injuries during his arrest in a CBD laneway near Little Bourke Street.
- Police say an imitation firearm was seized and no serious injuries to members of the public or officers were reported after a coordinated response by the Special Operations Group, CIRT and the Air Wing.
- Charges include aggravated carjacking with an imitation firearm, attempted aggravated carjacking, attempted aggravated burglary, assault, threats to kill and possession of an imitation firearm.
- Court filings outline a timeline starting about 7:45am in Tarneit with an alleged assault at a service station, followed by carjackings in North Melbourne and a final arrest at a city hotel after a brief foot chase.
- Police told the court Davies had been on bail two days earlier after an alleged car theft and threats at Werribee Mercy Hospital, as defense pointed to his acute mental health needs and proposed hospital-based bail.