Bizarre moment bikie alleged to have shot at cops during a wild chase fronts court dressed in just a hospital gown

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A bikie has fronted court on more than a dozen charges wearing only a hospital gown after it’s alleged he led cops on a wild chase in a ute before firing shots at them.

Desmond Lee Kirk faced Armadale Magistrates Court in Western Australia on Friday over 17 serious offences following the dramatic chase through Kelmscott in Perth’s southeast on Thursday afternoon.

The 36-year-old, who is understood to have connections to the Bandidos bikie club, faced charges including stealing, reckless driving, being armed, and breaching a violence restraining order.

Kirk was taken straight to the courthouse after he was discharged from the Royal Perth Hospital earlier on Friday. He had received treatment for injuries suffered during the alleged chase.

He fronted magistrate Brian Mahon dressed in a white hospital gown and struggled to stand and walk before he limped to his seat to have his case heard.

‘You’re clearly not very well,’ Magistrate Mahon said, before slamming the decision to have Kirk brought before the court given his physical state.

‘I would’ve been expecting to deal with [this matter] by way of a bedside hearing,’ he said.

Kirk asked Mr Mahon what he had been charged with before the magistrate issued a blunt reply.

‘What haven’t you been charged with is the easier question,’ Mr Mahon said.

Mr Mahon ordered Kirk to remain in custody and adjourned his matter to be heard on Monday.

He said he hoped Kirk would be taken back to hospital after his case was briefly mentioned and said he couldn’t understand why the accused was brought before the court when he wasn’t fit to do so.

Desmond Lee Kirk (pictured) fronted court on Friday afternoon wearing only a hospital gown after he led police on a wild chase on Thursday

Kirk (pictured) faces more than a dozen charges including stealing, reckless driving and being armed

‘On what I just saw I don’t think it was vaguely appropriate that Mr Kirk was brought in to the court like that.’

Earlier on Thursday afternoon Kirk allegedly used a ‘long arm’ gun to fire shots at police as he allegedly drove a stolen Mazda BT-50 for several kilometres.

Police footage allegedly showed Kirk abandoning the ute before getting behind the wheel of a large Isuzu truck and continuing to lead police on a car chase.

At one point he got out of the vehicle and allegedly aimed the gun at the helicopter, with police claiming shots were fired.

Police managed to run the truck off the road a short time later, they performed a pit manoeuvre.

WA Police Commander Gordon Fairman told reporters at a press conference on Friday the footage gave the public ‘a front-row seat to a critical incident’.

‘It’s one of the most dynamic and critical incidents that I have seen and the quality of the footage is outstanding,’ he said.

Investigations into the incident remain ongoing.