A COURT has heard of the horrifying ordeal of a bikie gang member who was bashed, shot and had his motorcycle stolen by what the prosecution alleges were high-ranking members of his own club during a bitter inter-city dispute.
Scott Allan Orrock, Hassan "Sam" Ibrahim and Paul James Griffin faced Sydney District Court yesterday on weapons and violence charges stemming from a battle between warring Newcastle and Sydney Nomads chapters in 2004.
The court heard the two groups met shortly before midday at the Newcastle chapter's clubhouse, on Chin Chen Street in suburban Islington, on September 12.
In his opening address, the Crown prosecutor, Michael Barr, outlined a savage attack that lasted less than 20 minutes but left two men with gunshot wounds to both kneecaps.
Orrock, Ibrahim and Griffin were arrested in December 2006 after one of the men they had shot, former Newcastle Nomads sergeant-at-arms Dale Campton, turned police informer and alleged they were responsible for the attack.
Mr Barr said Mr Campton had gone to his chapter's Islington clubhouse in anticipation of a meeting with members from the Sydney West chapter of the outlaw motorcycle club.
The Newcastle Nomads were immediately attacked by the Sydney men, with Newcastle club member Mark Chrystie shot in both legs by Ibrahim, Mr Barr told the court.
Ibrahim, 40, then allegedly approached Mr Campton. "Mr Ibrahim still had a pistol in his hand. Mr Orrock was standing right next to him and the gun was about six inches from the top of Mr Campton's knee," Mr Barr told the court.
"Mr Ibrahim fired the gun into Mr Campton's left knee and he then fired into his right knee."
Mr Barr said Mr Campton then saw Ibrahim turn and aim a pistol at a Mr Bagnall, but the gun failed to fire.
Mr Campton was stripped of his club jacket and a gold ring with the club's insignia on it, and then was pulled to his feet and forced to stagger inside to the clubhouse, where he was again punched and knocked to the floor, Mr Barr said.
The Sydney members then left the clubhouse and rode off on their bikes.
Police arrived soon after to find one of the Newcastle Nomads trying to wash large pools of blood away, Mr Barr said.
They found a .22 calibre bullet lying on the ground, several .45 shell casings, some blood-soaked clothing and blood "running down the driveway and the backyard of the clubhouse, as well as pooling around the motorcycles", Mr Barr said.
When police interviewed Mr Campton in hospital two days later, he would not identify his attackers. "He said he didn't know who did it and he didn't want to know who did it," Mr Barr said.
It was only much later, in May 2006, that Mr Campton told police that Orrock, Ibrahim and Griffin had been involved in the attack, Mr Barr said.
The trial continues.
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