Mitchell’s injuries

Audrey Young chatted to Mark Mitchell, and he revealed his various health challenges from past injuries.

• Lung damage from the 1990s when he woke a sleeping mother and son to get them out of a house an arsonist had set fire to.
• A hammering to his face from four Mongrel Mob members he was following in relation to a gang rape. Maxillofacial surgery rebuilt the eye socket and released the nerve that had been trapped with broken bone.
• Stabbed by a young man with a Samurai sword, slicing through his elbow. Has never had a pain-free day since because it’s done all the nerves. Has had multiple operations to try and relieve the chronic pain
• Survived three explosions in vehicles caused by IEDs. In one he got a whole lot of shrapnel up into his lower back and backside causing nerve damage in his right leg.

It is no surprise that Mark doesn’t support the government funding the Mongrel Mob, as the last Government did!

It’s also a useful reminder of what harm can get caused to first responders.