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Biker gang guilty of M40 murder | Biker gang guilty of M40 murder |
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Two more members of a biker gang have been found guilty of murdering a Hells Angel on the M40 in Warwickshire. | Two more members of a biker gang have been found guilty of murdering a Hells Angel on the M40 in Warwickshire. |
Gerry Tobin, 35, from Mottingham, south-east London, was shot as he returned from the Bulldog Bash biker festival in August last year. | Gerry Tobin, 35, from Mottingham, south-east London, was shot as he returned from the Bulldog Bash biker festival in August last year. |
Karl Garside, 45, and Ian Cameron, 46, both of Coventry, were found guilty by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court. | Karl Garside, 45, and Ian Cameron, 46, both of Coventry, were found guilty by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court. |
Four other men have already been found guilty while a seventh pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing. | |
During the trial the jurors heard that Gerry Tobin, described in court as a law-abiding citizen, was targeted by the South Warwickshire chapter of The Outlaws, a rival gang to the Hells Angels, because he was a "fully patched", meaning fully-initiated, member of the Hells Angels. | |
Two bullets | |
Two bullets were fired at him from a Rover car which pulled up alongside him on the M40. | Two bullets were fired at him from a Rover car which pulled up alongside him on the M40. |
Karl Garside and Cameron were both cleared of possessing a shotgun. | Karl Garside and Cameron were both cleared of possessing a shotgun. |
Simon Turner, 41, of Nuneaton, and Dane Garside, 42, of Coventry, were convicted of Mr Tobin's murder and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life on Monday. | Simon Turner, 41, of Nuneaton, and Dane Garside, 42, of Coventry, were convicted of Mr Tobin's murder and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life on Monday. |
Malcolm Bull, 53, of Milton Keynes, has also been convicted of murder and possessing a shot gun. | Malcolm Bull, 53, of Milton Keynes, has also been convicted of murder and possessing a shot gun. |
Sean Creighton, 44, of Coventry, admitted murder and firearms offences before the trial began. | Sean Creighton, 44, of Coventry, admitted murder and firearms offences before the trial began. |
Between them the seven men made up the south Warwickshire chapter of the Outlaws gang. | Between them the seven men made up the south Warwickshire chapter of the Outlaws gang. |
They will all be sentenced on Friday. | They will all be sentenced on Friday. |
The court heard two shots were fired at Mr Tobin from two different handguns as he rode home from the festival, held at Long Marston, near Stratford-upon-Avon. | |
Creighton, the South Warwickshire Outlaw's president, and Turner, the sergeant-at-arms, shot at him from the Rover car. | |
One bullet lodged in Mr Tobin's skull, killing him almost instantly. | |
Another bullet passed through a mudguard on his rear wheel. The bullet has not been found. |