A male model turned bikie boss has been refused bail while he fights allegations he tried to extort a pawn broker in Sydney's northwest.
Lawyers for Eamon Mulgrew, 25, in the Supreme Court on Tuesday argued the president of the local chapter of the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang should be released because the case against him was weak.
Mulgrew is charged with demanding money with menaces in company, intimidating a person as part of a criminal group and breaching a non-association order.
The male model turned Finks bikie boss was arrested on June 2 and has been refused bail over allegations of extortion against a pawnbroker in Sydney's north-west
Mulgrew's lawyer contended the Crown's case is weak as it relies on the pawn broker's testimony who has made conflicting statements and admitted to criminal behaviour himself
The Crown alleges a man - who the defence called a 'wayward member' - had been loaned $11,500 cash by the pawn broker in exchange for jewellery, a