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Top cops consider bikie control orders



July 16, 2007 - 5:19PM


A British terrorism expert has warned against extending terrorism control orders to bikies.

Professor Clive Walker, from the University of Leeds, said Australia should resist using the orders to rein in bikies as part of a national crackdown on organised crime.

The proposal was discussed last month at the Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management in New Zealand.

Control orders allow a range of controls to restrict an individual's movements, and can involve curfews, electronic tagging and restrictions on the use of phones and computers.

The use of control orders on bikies is being considered by a working group of state and territory police commissioners.

South Australian Premier Mike Rann last month proposed adapting counter-terrorism laws to rein in bikie gangs in a letter to Prime Minister John Howard.

Prof Walker said control orders were acceptable in the circumstances of terrorism, which involved a threat to society which was "out of proportion" to other crimes.

"Control orders for terrorism might be one thing, where terrorism is a global threat which normal criminal justice can't deal with," Prof Walker said at a public lecture at the Queensland University of Technology.

"(But) I think you should resist the proliferation of the non-criminal justice orders into other areas."

Prof Walker said authorities did not need firm proof someone was involved in criminal acts before issuing a control order.

He said bikies should instead be dealt with under the criminal justice system.

"I think criminal justice has great advantages in terms of fairness all round to the individual ... but also in terms of legitimacy for society in showing that the actions taken are ultimately legitimate, and crucially, to the communities where these people are drawn from," Prof Walker said.


 

This type of story worries me, if this woman was believable surely there'd have been a prosecution? Its easy to jump on the bandwagon when theres so much anti biker hysteria about....


Five days of rape, torture??
Article from: Herald Sun



Anthony Dowsley

July 16, 2007 12:00am

A SENIOR Hells Angels bikie has been accused of leading a gang that raped and tortured a Melbourne woman in a cruel, five-day abduction.

The woman, 39, said she had spent seven years on the run from the gang after they dragged her into a car from a Coburg street in May 2000 and used her as a sex slave.

"Michelle" has alleged a prime figure in the pack rapes was a senior office holder of the Hells Angels.

"I thought they were going to kill me," she said.

"They gave me two choices: a single bullet to the head if I was good or, if not, they would put me through the mincer and then feed me to the pigs."

Despite her complaint to police in December 2001, the case and the alleged culprits have never been prosecuted.

She believes up to 15 men raped and tortured her over five days.

Michelle came forward about her brutal treatment at the hands of the Hells Angels after the CBD shootings on June 18.

The trauma of the attack left her suicidal and in fear of her life.

In September 2004, Michelle, who went to police 18 months after the alleged offences, was awarded crime compensation of $7500.

She still needs counselling.

The tribunal was satisfied an offence occurred even though it could not be prosecuted.

The Hells Angel accused of leading the assault is a member of the East County chapter, which is based in Craigieburn.

This is the chapter where Collingwood footballer Alan Didak is believed to have been taken by accused CBD gunman Christopher Wayne Hudson.

Hudson is not linked in any way to the allegations raised by Michelle.

Since the alleged attacks, Michelle has lived at a secret location, changed her name, and has been too scared to have contact with her children.

In her statement to police, the former stripper says her ordeal began as she walked to the Coburg Leisure Centre and a group of men forced her into a car and drove her to a suite at one of Melbourne's top hotels.

Michelle said she was paraded naked in front of at least six men and then taken to a bedroom and raped by the senior Hells Angel and another man.

She told police that up to two days later she was moved to a yard in Melbourne's northern suburbs and chained and handcuffed in a large shed.

There she lay naked on a concrete floor and was tortured and sexually assaulted for days.

Apart from the several sexual assaults, she stated she had a gun forced down her mouth, and was made to perform sex acts with a dog.

Her torture also included having a steel truck gate placed across her legs before being run over by a ute while her attackers laughed.

Her toe was later cut with an angle grinder and sealed with a blow torch to stop the bleeding.

Michelle said she was fed a base form of drugs while held captive, and she would never forget the men, their tattooed bodies and the AC/DC song played throughout her ordeal - Thunderstruck.

She said she was about to be killed when taken to a caravan park in Campbellfield, where she was rescued by a disgruntled gang member who took pity on her.

The pair fled and eventually headed north in a stolen car before being caught by police.

Michelle pleaded guilty to theft of a motor car, handling stolen goods, possession and use of cannabis and possession of a regulated weapon.

The rapes and bashings left her with hepatitis C, a fractured skull, an injured spine and shoulder, no feeling in her left foot and cracked and missing teeth.

She uses a walking stick because for months after the assault she was too scared to seek medical attention.

A psychological report states she suffers depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and could expect a short life span because of the assaults.

A police source with years of experience investigating outlaw bikie activity has told the Herald Sun that women kept captive in clubhouses were called a "house mouse" by gang members.

He said women were usually chosen for pack rape after getting to know a member.

Police are investigating if five members of the notorious Black Uhlans motorcycle gang-raped a woman, 19, at Lakes Entrance in February.

Michelle said she did not know the men who assaulted her before her abduction, but she believed they knew she was a stripper.

"I can't imagine any human being being in that frame of mind," she said.

"I can't imagine Hells Angels Australia-wide all being like that.

"I haven't been able to have contact with my children. I can't live a normal life.

"We (she and her partner) can't visit family whenever we feel like it. You start to get over the post-traumatic stress and then you see them on the news or making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

"I live in fear on a daily basis. I have to watch where I go. I try never ever to be alone."

No Hells Angels were charged over the alleged assaults. Michelle has made assertions of police corruption regarding officers who dealt with her case.

The case was investigated by the police Ethical Standards Department and the Office of Police Integrity.

But investigators found there was no evidence of corruption and there was not enough evidence for a successful prosecution.

The bikie accused of leading the attack on Michelle said through a worker at his company he was not interested in speaking to the Herald Sun

 


Bikie clubhouse raided as police continue crackdown


July 15, 2007 - 9:22AM


Police have raided a heavily fortified Rebels bikie gang clubhouse at Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast.

It's the third police raid in two days on an outlaw motorcycle gang clubhouse.

Police executed a search warrant at 3.30pm (AEST) yesterday at the Rebels south coast chapter headquarters as part of Operation Ranmore, the statewide crackdown on bikie gangs, which began in May.

During the raid officers seized a quantity of alcohol, drug paraphernalia, a number of prohibited weapons, including a dagger, and a sum of cash.( Sweet f all then wasnt there....)

Police say inquiries are continuing into several Rebels members, and it's expected they will be charged with a number of offences.

The raid was conducted by the Far South Coast Target Action Group and Licensing Police, with the assistance of State Crime Commands Gangs Squad.

The Far South Coast Local Area Commander, Superintendent Wayne Starling, said inquiries have revealed the clubhouse was operating illegally as an unlicensed premise, with alcohol allegedly sold to members of the public on several occasions.

The raid on the Rebels clubhouse is the third in two days following similar police raids on Hells Angels' premises.

On Friday night, Gangs Squad detectives executed warrants on premises in the Sydney suburbs of Guildford and Petersham, arresting five men and seizing quantities of alcohol, drugs, a number of weapons and a sum of cash


 

 


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