Tuesday 24 May 2022 12:25 AM AFL star Dustin Martin's gangster dad Shane Martin 'punched and strangled' a ... trends now

Tuesday 24 May 2022 12:25 AM AFL star Dustin Martin's gangster dad Shane Martin 'punched and strangled' a ... trends now
Tuesday 24 May 2022 12:25 AM AFL star Dustin Martin's gangster dad Shane Martin 'punched and strangled' a ... trends now

Tuesday 24 May 2022 12:25 AM AFL star Dustin Martin's gangster dad Shane Martin 'punched and strangled' a ... trends now

The bikie father of AFL star Dustin Martin was accused of punching and strangling a model while calling her a 'sl*t' and a 'wh*re' in a steroid-induced rage just weeks before he died on a kitchen floor, court documents say.

Shane 'Kiwi' Martin was a senior member of the Rebels motorbike gang in Sydney, but was deported to back to New Zealand in 2016 due to 'bad character' - despite living most of his adult life in Australia.

Martin spent his final years running a local trucking business before he was found dead in December 2021 in his Mount Maunganui home, 200km south east of Auckland, due to natural causes.

But according to court documents obtained by Daily Mail Australia, Martin was arrested in October of that year after punching the woman, 49, in the face, throwing her around her own bedroom, and squeezing her neck while slinging insults.

Shane Martin is accused of assaulting a former lover in her own bedroom in New Zealand

Shane Martin is accused of assaulting a former lover in her own bedroom in New Zealand

Martin (pictured) was deported from Australian in 2016 due to his involvement in bikie gangs

Martin (pictured) was deported from Australian in 2016 due to his involvement in bikie gangs

Detectives later raided his holiday rental property and found empty steroid vials - which he admitted to using in an effort to enhance his performance at the gym.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge of male assaults female, strangulation and burglary in Tauranga District Court in November. Martin also denied that he obtained the steroids illegally.

According to court documents, Martin was in an 'intermittent relationship' with the woman, who Daily Mail Australia has elected not to name, dating back to 2020 when he used a spare key to enter her Mt Maunganui home at 2am on October 23.

The 49-year-old mother, who lived alone and had been out socialising with

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