YouTube creator FriendlyJordies’ Bondi home was targeted in an alleged arson attack. Now police have charged an alleged bikie over the blaze.
Two years after the Bondi home of YouTube creator and political commentator Jordan Shanks was firebombed, police have charged a second man, who police say is connected to an outlaw motorcycle group, over the incident.
A blaze breaks out at the Bondi house of Jordan Shanks on the night it was firebombed in November 2022.Police had previously charged Tufi Junior Tauese-Auelua, who police allege has links to organised crime, for his alleged role in the blaze. Police will allege in court that Stepanyan, 37, was driving the car used in the second of two arson attacks on the home, both in November 2022.Last year, detectives described the alleged arson attack as deliberate and meticulously planned, and Shanks was placed under police protection. The attack involved liquid accelerant being poured on the home.previously reported that Shanks was receiving ongoing death threats, forcing him to take down one of his videos.
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