Senior Lone Wolf bikie charged over child pornography stash
A senior member of the Lone Wolf bikie gang, who once ran naked down a western Sydney street with a gun, has been charged after homicide detectives allegedly came across child pornography on his computer.
Ex-Turkish soldier Erkan Keskin, 41, was arrested at his Millers Point unit on Thursday morning and appeared in Central Local Court on a charge of possessing child abuse material.
Erkan Keskin was arrested in 2015 after running down a street and into a stranger's home naked with a gun.
Homicide detectives from Strike Force Estop allegedly came across the material while investigating the shooting death of Sydney drug dealer Mehmet Yilmaz, 29.
Mr Yilmaz was allegedly kidnapped weeks before he was killed in a gangland shooting outside the St Marys home of Commanchero bikie Tayan Chandab.
Six men have been charged in relation to his murder. In October, Mr Keskin was charged over the kidnapping.
At the time, detectives raided Mr Keskin's Millers Point unit and seized several items including a computer.
Months later, after forensically going through the computer, they came across images on the hard drive that allegedly constituted child abuse material.
One unnamed police officer told the Daily Telegraph: "In his world, this is the worst charge that anyone could face".
Using the help of the Public Order and Riot Squad, detectives raided Mr Keskin's Millers Point unit again on Thursday.
"During the search, police seized a laptop, a mobile phone, suspected prohibited drugs, steroids, unknown tablets, photographs, and documentation," a statement from NSW Police said.
Known as "Eric the Wolf" and the "naked bikie", Mr Keskin was arrested on a suburban street in Sydney's west in 2015 after running down the street and into a stranger's home naked, carrying a firearm.
Erkan Keskin earned the nickname the "naked bikie" after the 2015 incident in Luddenham.
He remains before court on separate charges of Mr Yilmaz's kidnapping. At the time of his arrest in October, Mr Keskin was already on bail for drug charges in Queensland.
He was granted bail
again on the kidnapping cha
Keskin is a high-ranking member of the Lone Wolf bikie gang.
However, he was denied bail on Thursday on the child pornography charge. He will reappear before Central Local Court on Friday.
Mr Yilmaz's death is one of eight connected gangland killings being investigated by police. All the victims had an organised crime association and in some cases they were known to each other.
Police began investigating them together following the execution of underworld Mafia figure Pasquale Barbaro in 2016.