THE Premier, Barry O'Farrell, last night accused the judiciary of living in a bubble after a magistrate freed on bail a bikie accused of torching a police car.

The former Nomads boss Scott Orrock, 47, was charged at the weekend with torching a police van that had been parked outside his tattoo studio, Skin Deep, having earlier threatened officers in Newtown with doing just that if they did not move the vehicle.

Mr O'Farrell described the court's decision as a "kick in the guts to the community". Credit:Louie Douvis

Following a bail application at Central Local Court yesterday, the magistrate Julie Huber agreed to grant Mr Orrock $10,000 bail after his lawyer submitted his business and family needed him on the outside. Mr O'Farrell called the decision a ''kick in the guts to the community''.

''I am appalled and angry by this decision. It is about time members of the judiciary stopped living in a parallel universe and understood that Sydney is in the midst of a serious bikie-gang war and when police are doing everything to arrest these thugs, they deserve support,'' he said.