Loading "I'd piss on you Chris O’Neill ya maggot dog," he wrote. "I got zero respect and you know why. F--- the police and your crew ya swine. You attack mine, god help yours." It came amid a flurry of posts, in which he attacked police and others who had posted negative comments about his sons. "Gutless f---ers, I’ve probably stabbed ya family members," read one post by Mr Pilgren. "Cops want war let’s start gangland killings again," read another.

Mr O'Neill, 60, was walking across the grounds of St Kevin's College in Toorak after attending a private function about 5.30pm on Saturday when he saw the brothers get off a Glen Waverley-bound train at Heyington station and walk towards the school. The brothers had been asked to get off the train by authorised transit officers because they had been drinking and were menacing passengers, Sergeant Matthew Rizun told Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday afternoon. Jared Pilgren outside court on Tuesday. Credit:Jason South When the brothers saw Mr O'Neill behind them, Jay allegedly confronted the officer and punched him, before Isaiah allegedly struck him from behind, the court heard. The brothers then allegedly ran off as Mr O'Neill made his way back to Heyington station, where a nurse applied first aid.

Police believe the brothers both shaved their heads to avoid detection, and officers on Monday afternoon found clumps of their hair at the Malvern East boarding house where they had been living. They were arrested separately in Malvern East soon afterwards and later charged with intentionally causing serious injury, recklessly causing serious injury, intentionally causing injury and recklessly causing injury. The photo Isaiah Stephens posted to Facebook with the words 'new look' after shaving off his long hair. Credit:Facebook The pair faced court on Tuesday afternoon, where Isaiah applied for bail. Sergeant Rizun rejected defence lawyer Greg Thomas' suggestion the alleged assault was not premeditated.

"Well their behaviour suggests they were almost enticing something to occur," he said. The sergeant told the court the brothers were drinking, swearing and hitting monitors at Southern Cross Station before they got on the train, and were intimidating and threatening towards passengers once on board. Jay and Isaiah Stephens in an image taken from CCTV footage released by police. Credit:Victoria Police A passenger alerted transit officers when Isaiah vomited on the train, and the brothers became argumentative when the officers approached them. Sergeant Rizun said of Jay: "He was almost looking for a fight."

Police contacted the brothers' father, Jared Pilgren, the day after the assault in an attempt to locate the pair but he would not co-operate, the court heard. Sergeant Rizun said he hoped the two young men would not live with their father if they were granted bail. Jared Pilgren, the father of Jay and Isaiah Stephens. Credit:Facebook "He's been very unco-operative. He's got an extreme hatred for police and is refusing to co-operate," Sergeant Rizun said. The court heard the brothers' mother lived in Western Australia, which concerned police that Isaiah would flee interstate if granted bail.

Magistrate Duncan Reynolds remanded Jay, who did not apply for bail, in custody to return to court on September 9. Isaiah is due to return to court on Friday for his bail application to continue. Outside the courtroom, Sergeant Rizun and Mr Pilgren exchanged words, and Mr Pilgren insulted Mr O'Neill. Mr Pilgren told reporters outside he thought Mr O'Neill deliberately targeted his sons. "Yes I do. He [Sergeant Rizun] said in court that he [Mr O'Neill] followed them," he said. "I think he followed them for wrong reasons."

Asked what he made of his sons punching a police officer, Mr Pilgren said: "Apparently they didn't know he was a police officer." Asked if that mattered, he replied: "If he does something wrong to them it does." Mr Pilgren answered "yes" when asked if he had a hatred of police. Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill told radio station 3AW Mr O'Neill did not disclose to the Stephens brothers that he was a member of Victoria Police, which explains why they were charged with serious assault offences, not assault of a police officer. Mr O'Neill was rushed to the Epworth hospital and treated for head and chest injuries. He has since been released.