Melbourne man Jamie Smith allegedly detonated pipe bombs and destroyed cars, portaloos

A Melbourne man accused of using pipe bombs that destroyed cars, washing machines and portaloos allegedly ordered his girlfriend to delete footage of the mayhem from Snapchat.Jamie Smith is facing more than 20 charges including eight counts of causing an explosion likely to endanger life and eight counts of reckless conduct endangering life.The 29-year-old had his bail bid rejected in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Thursday with a judge labelling the allegations “disturbing and somewhat baffling”.“What could possess mature adults to engage in the sort of reckless conduct apparent in this case is mystifying,” Justice Andrew Tinney said in his decision.Pipe bombs were set off across various suburbs including Heidelberg, Northcote, Ivanhoe and Kew in an “allegedly co-ordinated, well-planned series of attacks” on July 4, Justice Andrew Tinney said.Eight devices were detonated between 7.13pm and 9.45pm, destroying washing machines, portaloos, letterboxes and sending shrapnel flying across residential streets, the court was told.Residents on Studley Park Road, Kew heard a “loud explosion” about 9.45pm and a local found his car’s sunroof had been “smashed”, discovering the remnants of an explosive device in the rear of the vehicle, Justice Tinney said.About 20 minutes earlier in Kew East, a man heard a…
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