would've preferred this to have been in the news forum, how ever..........mods/owners?
Police warn victims of bikie gangs not to press charges
POLICE are encouraging victims of bikie crimes to walk away because perpetrators might exact revenge if taken to court.
The Courier-Mail has uncovered cases of Queenslanders innocently caught in the web of outlaw motorcycle gangs being advised not to lodge complaints.
A cancer sufferer who had an outboard motor stolen was told by a detective to "forget it" because the suspect was a violent bikie.
Victims reporting assault, theft and death threats were all warned of reprisals if they pressed for charges to be laid.
A Brisbane locksmith who was first warned off pursuing complaints of death threats from competitors because of their Hells Angels links was asked by an officer: "Can you lay bricks? Because it might be time to get a new job".
The Courier-Mail is aware of another case involving a violent assault by a man who Gold Coast police later identified as a bikie gang associate.
The cases highlight the police service's own concerns about its ability to contain bikie violence and intimidation
But victims said police caution risked sending the community a message that bikies were afforded a certain level of impunity because of their fearsome criminal connections.
Former social worker Tony Davis, 52, who has incurable bone marrow cancer that has left him blind in one eye, reported his Mercury outboard motor stolen from his Edens Landing home on September 12 last year.
A Loganholme-based detective called two months later to say the suspected thief was "a violent character who has an 'M.O.' for this sort of thing," Mr Davis said. "She said he belonged to an outlaw motorcycle club and that I should forget it, don't worry about it, go buy another one."
Police warn victims of bikie gangs not to press charges | The Courier-Mail
Hold onto your firearms everybody....ya gunna need em
Police warn victims of bikie gangs not to press charges
POLICE are encouraging victims of bikie crimes to walk away because perpetrators might exact revenge if taken to court.
The Courier-Mail has uncovered cases of Queenslanders innocently caught in the web of outlaw motorcycle gangs being advised not to lodge complaints.
A cancer sufferer who had an outboard motor stolen was told by a detective to "forget it" because the suspect was a violent bikie.
Victims reporting assault, theft and death threats were all warned of reprisals if they pressed for charges to be laid.
A Brisbane locksmith who was first warned off pursuing complaints of death threats from competitors because of their Hells Angels links was asked by an officer: "Can you lay bricks? Because it might be time to get a new job".
The Courier-Mail is aware of another case involving a violent assault by a man who Gold Coast police later identified as a bikie gang associate.
The cases highlight the police service's own concerns about its ability to contain bikie violence and intimidation
But victims said police caution risked sending the community a message that bikies were afforded a certain level of impunity because of their fearsome criminal connections.
Former social worker Tony Davis, 52, who has incurable bone marrow cancer that has left him blind in one eye, reported his Mercury outboard motor stolen from his Edens Landing home on September 12 last year.
A Loganholme-based detective called two months later to say the suspected thief was "a violent character who has an 'M.O.' for this sort of thing," Mr Davis said. "She said he belonged to an outlaw motorcycle club and that I should forget it, don't worry about it, go buy another one."
Police warn victims of bikie gangs not to press charges | The Courier-Mail
Hold onto your firearms everybody....ya gunna need em