A MAN sparked a brawl outside a Gold Coast restaurant so police would realise his life was being threatened by up to 60 bikie gang members, a court has heard.

Jason Trouchet, 39, and associate Matthew Sward, 25, appeared in Southport Magistrate's Court today charged with affray after the weekend brawl with several members of the Bandidos motorcycle gang.

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They both applied for and were granted bail - Trouchet on condition he return to his home in the Northern Territory and stay away from the Gold Coast.

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Trouchet was also ordered not to contact Sward or to 'threaten or harass' Bandidos bikies or any prosecution witnesses.

Sward was bailed on conditions including a ban from Broadbeach and Surfers Paradise.

After being released from the Southport watch-house, Trouchet boasted that he and Sward had 'outnumbered' the 60 Bandidos bikies who confronted them.

"Do you see a mark on my face?" he said. "They were outnumbered."

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Trouchet said he had 'no idea mate' why the Bandidos had picked on him but it was a 'very cowardly' attack and he had no choice but to retaliate.

"Just put yourself in my position, that's all I'll say," he said. "(We were just) two diners having a quiet feed."

He also said he had deliberately taken the fight outside because he did not want other diners caught up in the violence.

"Mate I feel very sorry for them (the public)," he said.

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He said he would now reluctantly leave the Gold Coast and return to the Northern Territory to comply with his bail conditions.

"It's as clear as day I'm not a member of any motorcycle club, nor ever have been," he added.

Trouchet's lawyer Jason Jacobson earlier told the court his client started the brawl in a bid to attract police attention after he was threatened by up to 60 members of the bikie gang.

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Mr Jacobson said Trouchet had been told "this is it'' by the lead member of 20 Bandidos who surrounded him while he dined at Aura Restaurant at Broadbeach.

After saying, "Really? Not in the restaurant, let's take it outside'', Trouchet panicked when he saw a group of about 40 Bandidos waiting outside.

"It put him in a very precarious situation,'' Mr Jacobson said.

The court was told Trouchet feared he would would be led 'down a dark alley' and 'end up in a wheelchair or a coffin'.

He said the Bandidos entered the Aura restaurant and had a heated conversation with Trouchet and Sward.

A fight erupted and spilled outside onto the footpath, forcing people including families with children to cower in terror.

Trouchet also was acting out out of concern for the public, his lawyer said.

He told the court his client is not, nor has he ever been, a member of a motorcycle gang.

He said the matter was a personal one between his client and one of his assailants, and was not a gang feud.

The court heard that Jacques Teamo, who was shot at a Gold Coast shopping centre last year, instigated Friday night's wild brawl.

The court heard Jacques Teamo sparked the brawl in front of terrified diners when he walked into a Broadbeach restaurant with a 'lynch mob' of gang members.

media_camera Jason Trouchet was charged with affray and appeared at Southport Magistrate’s Court this morning. He was released on bail to reappear in court in November.

The two accused appeared amid heavy security, with uniformed and plain-clothes police massing at the courthouse.

Opposing bail, police prosecutor Senior-Constable Nick Wang told the court Broadbeach was packed with school holiday crowds, including families, when the brawl broke out.

Sen-Const Wang said about 60 Bandidos bikies wearing gang colours entered the precinct 'intimidating members of the public by their sheer presence'.

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"There were parents with prams . ... and they had to take shelter behind vehicles and trees," he said.

Sen-Const Wang said Trouchet needed to be kept behind bars for his own protection and that of the public.

Defence lawyer Jacobson said Trouchet was dining with Sward when Teamo - who was shot by an alleged Finks rival at Robina Town Centre last year in an incident in which a female shopper was also wounded - walked in with a group of 20 Bandidos and said: "This is it."

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When magistrate Ron Kilner suggested Trouchet should have called police or fled the restaurant through the back door, Mr Jacobson replied his client was surrounded.

"There were knives and forks on the table and there's people threatening to kill him," Mr Jacobson told the court.

"They (Trouchet and Sward) really faced a lynch mob at the time."

Mr Kilner will rule on the bail application later.

Earlier it was reported, the Bandidos had fired a warning shot: Stay out of Broadbeach and stay away from our guys.

Or it's game on.

The outlawed gang is ready to go head to head with the Finks and say if there are any retribution attacks after Friday night's violent brawl in Broadbeach "it's on big time".

Club members said the terrifying brawl in the middle of a bustling Broadbeach was to "send a message" that it was Bandido territory.

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"It's going to be enforced," said a patched member. "If anyone touches our guys in jail, it's on big time."

Senior bikies said the intended target of the brutal attack was a relative newcomer to the Gold Coast who was not a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang but was protected by the Finks.

They said the man, known as JT, had attacked Bandido members.

The final straw was when he allegedly leapt out of a car with an associate armed with a handgun and attacked a Bandido member while he was taking his two kids for a haircut in the middle of the day at Mermaid Beach.

Club sources say he "went into hiding" until Friday night when he was spotted dining at a Broadbeach restaurant.

"He goes around bashing members when they are with their families and then goes and has dinner in Broadbeach," said a senior Bandido.

"The boys were polite enough to not start it inside but when he was on his way out he started throwing punches.

"Then he got pumped. He's lucky the cops showed up when they did."

media_camera Police swarmed the Gold Coast in a show of force on Saturday, after Friday night's brawl. Pic: Luke Marsden.

Club sources say they want him driven out of town.

"No one attacks a Bandido, especially when his kids are with him," said one member.

"It's our turf, we know everyone ... we get phone calls from club owners and restaurants telling us what's happening."

Club insiders said they did not expect any retaliation over Friday night's attack because the man they had targeted was not acting on behalf of another gang.

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Eighteen bikies were arrested and seven people were injured, including four police officers, during the Broadbeach brawl which led to up to 50 bikies engaging with police outside Southport Police Station on Scarborough St.

Club sources say members went to the watchhouse to ensure those arrested were safely released without retaliation from other clubs but a fight erupted when officers allegedly started pushing them and using batons and Tasers.

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Police have responded by deploying a special taskforce and saturating the Gold Coast with extra officers.

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Following Friday night's violent clash in Broadbeach senior Bandidos say they are ready to go head to head with the Finks .

Police have responded by deploying a special taskforce and saturating the Gold Coast with extra officers in a bid to ease gang tensions.

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