‘Pam the Bird’ accused bailed to grandmother’s nest

The alleged graffiti vandal behind “Pam the Bird” has dodged questions and jumped into a waiting Porsche after being bailed to his grandmother’s home on his second attempt. Jack Gibson-Burrell, 21, covered his face in a white T-shirt and ignored reporters as he walked free from Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon. Magistrate Johanna Metcalf denied his first bail bid on February 5 after finding he was an unacceptable risk of reoffending due to the notoriety of the cartoon-like bird murals. But she found Gibson-Burrell’s risk was now reduced because he had an available stable address with his grandmother in Geelong, a job offer in Ballarat and a $30,000 surety. ADVERTISEMENT “I am persuaded the ground has shifted since his previous bail application,” Ms Metcalf said on Thursday. “He has now experienced being incarcerated and has an idea what is at stake for him.” It’s alleged Gibson-Burrell has been breaking into Victorian train stations, abseiling off buildings and scaling heritage-listed sites to spray-paint “Pam the Bird”. Jack Gibson-Burrell is accused of abseiling off and scaling structures to spray-paint Pam the Bird. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) Gibson-Burrell and co-accused Matthew Raoul White, 39, allegedly trespassed into Flinders Street Station in July 2024,...