A second man will face court over the alleged bombing of a YouTuber’s home.
The 37-year-old was allegedly driving a getaway vehicle used in the attack on the home of Jordan Shanks-Markovina, also known as ‘FriendlyJordies’.
He has been charged with destroying business property and participating in a criminal group, and is due to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Friday.
Emergency services responded to a house fire in Bondi, in Sydney’s east, in November 2022, when the property and an adjoining house suffered significant damage.
Police said the incident appeared to be related to another fire reported at the property days earlier. No one was inside at the time of the attack.
The 37-year-old was allegedly driving a getaway vehicle used in the attack on the home of Jordan Shanks-Markovina (pictured), also known as ‘FriendlyJordies’.
Emergency services responded to a house fire in Bondi, eastern Sydney, in November 2022, when the property and an adjoining house suffered significant damage (pictured).
The man due to appear in court on Friday will be alleged to be a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang, police say.
Another man, Tufi Junior Tauese-Auelua, was charged in December with two counts of destroying or damaging property by arson and will return to court later in June.
In February, Shanks-Markovina posted an audio statement on her YouTube account, saying that people who appeared in a video she made “were once again threatening dire consequences” if the video was not removed.
“Given the colorful history of these people, we do not consider them to be idle threats,” Shanks-Markovina said in December.
“You win, we’ll delete the video, congratulations, you run this city,” he said.
She had previously settled a lawsuit with former New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro after the former politician successfully sued YouTube owner Google over videos Shanks-Markovina posted wrongly accusing him of corruption.
Police are seen responding to YouTuber FriendlyJordies’ burned-out home in late 2022.
