MAN has died after he was shot by bandits in an attack on a Sydney tattoo parlour owned by a Bandidos bikie gang member.

MAN has died after he was shot by bandits in an attack on a Sydney tattoo parlour owned by a Bandidos bikie gang member.

The tattooist, 40, at Pretty In Ink in West Ryde, was shot in the shoulder just after 9pm on Saturday and died from his injuries in Royal North Shore Hospital.

Police said the unnamed man was shot by one of two men who used an entrance off the back lane of the Victoria Road parlour to catch their victim unawares. The men, who wore disguises, escaped before police arrived.

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The parlour is owned by Adam Lincoln, a member of the Sydney chapter of the Bandidos, and his partner Kathleen Purdie.

The couple, from Spencer, on the Hawkesbury River, have owned the parlour since 2005.

The shooting is the latest in a series of attacks on tattoo parlours in and around Sydney.

At 2.30am on Friday the Tattoo World shop in Baulkham Hills was shot at by two men travelling in a hatchback car. Police would not say if the shooting at Baulkham Hills was linked to Saturday's shooting.

Two months ago a BMW laden with a petrol bomb was driven into the Tattoo Assylum studio in Mount Druitt, which is associated with a Comanchero master sergeant-at-arms, Ian ''Clisso'' Clissold. The attack is believed to have been carried out by members of the Notorious gang.

In December, a tattoo parlour owned by senior Comanchero Mark Buddle and the national president of the Comanchero club, Duax ''Dax'' Ngakuru, was gutted in an arson attack a day after a fire-bombing at a tattoo shop in Coogee.

In October, bullets were sprayed at the Naked Gun 2 Tattoo Parlour in South Windsor, and Comanchero and Notorious gang members clashed outside a Bondi tattoo parlour. In May, 13 shots were fired into the Naked Gun 3 Tattoo parlour in Wellington.

In an unrelated development, up to six Hells Angels members have left the club. The group includes Derek Wainohu, one of the longest serving members, and Peter Zervas, the brother of Anthony Zervas, who was bludgeoned to death inside Sydney Airport in March 2009.

Mr Wainohu was member of the Sydney charter, one of first Hells Angels chapters in Australia, formed in 1975. It is understood the group left because they did not like the direction in which the club was headed.

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ROCK Machine bikie gang member was bashed in his home

ROCK Machine bikie gang member was bashed in his home yesterday by a group of men but is refusing to cooperate with the police investigation.

It’s understood the 27-year-old victim was assaulted at his home in Hammond Park, shortly after being released from prison yesterday.

Police believe the attack is an “internal” matter and is not part of an ongoing dispute between the Rock Machine and Rebels bikie gangs.

It’s understood the man may have been assaulted because he removed a tattoo from his body without asking for permission.

Police spokesman Inspector Bill Munnee said the man took himself to hospital after the incident and was treated for facial injuries.

He said the man was refusing to cooperate with the police investigation and had adopted the bikie gang “code of silence.”




“That (the code of silence) is what is making it very difficult to determine exactly what happened,” Insp. Munnee said.

Inspector Munee said officers from the gang crime squad were continuing to investigate the matter.

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Seven men from BC with connections to the Hells Angels, were sentenced, today,

Seven men from BC with connections to the Hells Angels, were sentenced, today, in a Washington State courtroom for their involvment in a massive cross-border drug smuggling ring.
 
The men received sentences varying in length from probation and community service all the way up to 59 months behind bars.
 
The master mind of the operation, Rob Shannon, was handed a 20-year sentence, in March of 2009.
 
Shannon and co-conspirator Devron Quast were arrested back in 2008 after a three year joint RCMP--DEA investigation.
 
The scheme involved BC bud heading south stashed in pvp pipe, hollowed out logs, and hidden compartments of tractor trailers, in exchange for high grade cocaine crossing into Canada.
 
In all, 54 people have been charged, 28 of them Canadian.

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A man prosecutors described as "chairman of the board" of a multi-million dollar drug smuggling operation was handed a five-year sentence here today.

Judge Robert Lasnik credited Jody York for leaving the violent drug gang before others were arrested in 2008.

But he noted that York would have been serving a much-higher sentence if he had not struck a plea bargain and surrendered himself to U.S. authorities.

It was a bizarre parade of Canadian smugglers - almost one every hour - at the Federal Courthouse here Friday.

They arrived with family and friends in tow to convince Lasnik that they deserved a break for their respective roles in the massive drug corporation that transported thousand of kilos into the U.S. and moved large amounts of cocaine north.

All had pleaded guilty in exchange for lower sentences.

York, who has been associated to both the Hells Angels and Independent Soldiers gangs, told Lasnik his criminal connections have been exaggerated by police and the media.

"I did the hardest thing in the world yesterday - I had to say good-bye to my two kids," York said as his wife wept in the gallery.

His "managing director" in the drug ring, Edward (Skeeter) Russell got handed a 4.5 year term.

Russell told Lasnik he got roped in my the lure of money.

"It was a great feeling. They are great guys," he said of co-conspirators York and Rob Shannon.

"You just don't think of the hundreds of people you hurt along the way."

Defendant Bryan Hanna was handed a year-long sentence, but allowed to return to B.C.for a medical appointment related to some recent seizures.

He told Lasnik he got lured in my the money while working as a car salesman.

He said he made $50,000 in all while he was involved.

Abbotsford resident Andrew Hall, who loaded up the clandestine compartments in trucks and campers with drugs, was handed probation.

He said York and Shannon were his friends and he provided them manual labour only.

Lasnik said he thought Hall was more deeply involved than he claimed, but was still willing to take a chance on him.

Hall said he volunteers at the Abbotsford Air Show, the food bank and a local animal shelter.

Three more Canadians will be sentenced Friday afternoon.

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Police suspect a tattoo parlour sprayed with bullets overnight may be linked to the Hells Angels bikie gang.

Police suspect a tattoo parlour sprayed with bullets overnight may be linked to the Hells Angels bikie gang.
A masked man fired five shots through the front entrance of Tattoo World at Baulkham Hills around 2.30am (AEDT) this morning, before driving off in a small hatchback.
Inspector Paul Tickner says police are investigating reports of gang-related activity at the parlour.
"We're looking to see whether it has any links to the Hells Angels," he said.
"It's a bit unconfirmed and a bit early in the investigation to say whether they are affiliated to that group or not."
No one was inside the shop at the time.

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Police in Perth have raided almost 20 properties belonging to members of bikie gangs

Police in Perth have raided almost 20 properties belonging to members of bikie gangs as they investigate an attempted murder and an ongoing feud between two clubs.

Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich says the raids have uncovered a significant amount of drugs, firearms and ammunition.

"It is our firm belief, based on police intelligence and experience, that this is about turf war, power and control of illicit activities in this State," he said.

Earlier today a 30 year-old member of the Rock Machine motorcycle gang was charged with the attempted murder of the Rebels Motorcycle Gang president Nick Martin.

Mr Martin was shot and wounded in the left arm outside his home in Balcatta last Friday.

The man appeared in the Perth Magistrate's Court this morning and was not required to plead to a charges of attempted murder, wilfully destroying evidence and possessing an unlicensed firearm.

The Magistrate suppressed his name and remanded him in custody to return to court next month.

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former Outlaws motorcycle club enforcer in Maine has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for charges stemming from the shooting of a rival Hell's Angels club member.

A former Outlaws motorcycle club enforcer in Maine has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for charges stemming from the shooting of a rival Hell's Angels club member.

U.S. District Judge George Singal on Tuesday sentenced Michael "Madman" Pedini to 63 months for two racketeering-related charges. Pedini pleaded guilty last fall.

Prosecutors said Pedini and fellow Outlaws member Thomas "Tomcat" Mayne ambushed a Hell's Angels member outside a Hell's Angels clubhouse in Canaan in October 2009. The Hell's Angels member was seriously injured, but survived. Mayne died later in a shootout with federal authorities.

Court documents indicate the attempted hit was ordered by the Outlaws' national president as payback for an earlier attack by Hell's Angels members on Outlaws' members in Connecticut.

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Bikie Wars:

Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms will detail events leading up to the firearm battle between rival bikie gangs on September 2, 1984.

Six bikies and a 14-year-old bystander were killed in the Sydney suburb of Milperra during a bloody battle between members of the Comancheros and Bandidos bikie gangs.

Ten program chief David Mott described Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms as “one of the most sought-after properties in television”.

 “This event mini-series will shine a light on this fascinating tribal culture and its code of honour – as intriguing now as it was when the word ‘Milperra’ became synonymous with one of our (Australia’s) blackest days,” Mott said.

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Dozens of Bandido bikies clog a sitting of the Victorian Supreme Court where a man is to be sentenced for murdering one of their members.

Dozens of Bandido bikies clog a sitting of the Victorian Supreme Court where a man is to be sentenced for murdering one of their members.

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OUTLAW bikie gang, the Coffin Cheaters, are today tearing down fortifications at their Bayswater clubhouse - just two days before a police directive was to expire.

OUTLAW bikie gang, the Coffin Cheaters, are today tearing down fortifications at their Bayswater clubhouse - just two days before a police directive was to expire.

Earlier this month, police announced that WA's biggest bikie gang had agreed to remove fortifications from the Raleigh Rd headquarters, avoiding a lengthy court battle.

Cheetah Investments Pty Ltd, the owner of the property, accepted conditions set out in a fortifications removal notice issued by Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan.

Today work began.

Under the directive, the club must remove sleepers from the front wall of the fortress and replace the fixtures with steel mesh or see-through material.

The gang was also ordered to remove the small front gate and replace it with steel mesh and an unlockable gate so the courtyard and public areas is accessible.

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Rebel bikie and his brother were so incensed that a rival gang member had avoided arrest over a fight with one of their allies, they took matters into their own hands.

Rebel bikie and his brother were so incensed that a rival gang member had avoided arrest over a fight with one of their allies, they took matters into their own hands.

Out of a sense of "misguided loyalty" to his bikie gang, John Bedson armed himself with a rifle and fired a volley of bullets from the back of his brother Derek's ute into the clubhouse of rival club, the Bandidos.

John Bedson, 27, fired the volley from a .22 semi-automatic rifle that killed 51-year-old Ross Brand and seriously injured Paul Szerwinski.

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After being found guilty of murder and intentionally causing serious injury, John Bedson was jailed for a maximum of 23 years in the Supreme Court of Victoria, at Geelong on Wednesday.

For his role, Derek Bedson, now 23, was sentenced to 12 years' jail after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and reckless conduct endangering life.

The fight that sparked the shooting was a relatively minor scrap at the Geelong Cup earlier that day, October 22, 2008.

It involved a member of the Death Before Dishonour (DBD) motorcycle gang, affiliated with the Rebels, and a man nominated to become a Bandido.

Justice Elizabeth Curtain said Derek Bedson was at the races that day and although he didn't witness the fight, he was incensed that the Bandido involved had not been arrested and enlisted his brother's help to exact revenge.

Although Derek Bedson was not a member of a motorcycle club, his stepbrother John was a Rebel and a DBD member - and bore a tattoo on his left cheek to prove it.

The sentencing by Justice Curtain was delayed by an hour as family members and dozens of bikies queued to enter the court amid tight security, including uniformed police.

One of the bikies said: "That's one of our brothers (in the court room)", before announcing to members of the press gathered to cover the case that his large group would be pushing past.

"If you've got a problem with that, you've got a problem with me," he threatened.

Security staff had earlier ejected one bikie for an unknown reason but allowed the rest to barge their way in.

Some Bandido members at the court wore T-shirts bearing images of Mr Brand.

Justice Curtain said Mr Brand's death was senseless and had traumatic consequences for his loved ones, including his wife of 14 years and their son.

She said the murder was serious because it was in public in broad daylight.

"The firearm was discharged in daylight, in a public street, across a public area, into those men who were simply standing there," she said.

She said John Bedson's actions were driven by a "misguided loyalty to the Rebels, or DBD".

"You came to the view that you were justified in taking retaliatory action," she said.

While Derek Bedson was not associated with a motorcycle group, Justice Curtain said he must have acted out of some sense of allegiance.

Mr Brand and Mr Szerwinski had posed no threat and had not been involved in the fight at the races earlier that day, she said.

John Bedson must serve a minimum of 18 years' jail before being eligible for parole, while Derek Bedson must serve a minimum of eight.

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