13 | Mark Mitchell: Gang Patches, Sword Attacks, Sacrifices & the Dog He’ll Never Forget
A samurai sword attack. A police dog he’ll never forget. A decade in the Middle East. And the guilt of being away from his kids.
In Episode 13 of Past the Name, Shubz sits down with Mark Mitchell for a conversation that goes well beyond Parliament.
Mark shares the story of a sword attack that injured both him and his police dog, Zar, and gets emotional remembering the bond they shared. From leaving school at 15 and working as a shepherd to frontline policing and security work in Iraq, he takes us through the experiences that shaped him.
We also get into the gang patch ban, the meeting that…
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