A bikie jailed for pulling a gun at a popular St Kilda nightspot will face a charge of stealing a $30,000 car when he is released from prison next month.
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Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Gang member Mathew Benvenuto was jailed for six months on October 1 for possessing a firearm, according to court records.
Police said the 28-year-old produced a firearm in front of security at Fitzroy Street bar Secret Garden at the start of August.
He was arrested in a nearby car park.
Benvenuto appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday to face a charge laid by North Melbourne detectives of stealing a $30,000 2006 Holden Commodore HSV Sedan in June.
His lawyer, Sarah Pratt, told Magistrate Luisa Bazzani her client, who appeared via videolink from Loddon Prison, plans to contest the charges on his release on January 29.
Ms Pratt said Benvenuto will serve an 18-month community corrections order when he is released.
The fresh charge was adjourned until March 31 next year.
