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Third business firebombed in suspected bikie extortion plot against Melbourne millionaire

By Cameron Houston,Hannah Hammoud

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Third business firebombed in suspected bikie extortion plot against Melbourne millionaire

The Age also revealed a notorious Melbourne bikie threatened to burn down Deicke’s $10 million Brighton mansion if he refuses to pay.

On Thursday morning, Deicke’s Brighton property appeared undamaged. A mobile police security unit remains stationed near the property.

Thursday morning’s blaze comes less than two months after an arson attack at Melbourne Collision Repair Centre’s Mentone site.

Fire from a torched car spread to the Nepean Highway business, prompting an emergency response around 3.20am on July 30. Around the same time – in what police believe was a coordinated attack – several vehicles were also torched at another smash repair business in Laverton.