Thursday 12 January 2017

Senior Bikie Gang Member Faces Court Over Brawl

BY IAN CROUCH

The crackdown on bikie gangs in the Hunter continues, with a high-ranking member of the Finks to face court later this month.

The Daily Telegraph reports 32-year-old Adam Gould, who's believed to be the Newcastle Chapter President of the Finks Bikie Gang, is accused of being armed with a baseball bat during a brawl outside a Wallsend Service Station last month involving Finks and Nomads gang members, which left two men in hospital.

Detectives from Strike Force Raptor arrested Gould at Newcastle Police Station yesterday.

He's been refused bail.to appear in Newcastle Local Court on Monday January 23 charged with affray, using an offensive weapon with intent to commit serious indictable offense, and custody of an offensive implement in a public place.