Finks bikies accused of torturing fellow gang member
A FINKS bikie who tried to leave the gang was allegedly tortured and sexually assaulted by his club mates in a horrific ordeal that lasted 12 hours.
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A FINKS bikie who tried to leave the gang was allegedly tortured and sexually assaulted by his club mates in a horrific ordeal that lasted 12 hours.
Four bikies and a female associate have been charged after a former Finks bikie member was allegedly kidnapped, beaten, burnt, stabbed and sexually assaulted in a Sydney hotel.
Police arrested four Finks members yesterday morning in relation to the alleged kidnapping which police say left a room at the Vineyard Hotel in Sydney’s north soaked in blood.
Cleaners called police on December 18 after making the grisly discovery and a subsequent investigation led detectives to arrest the men — aged 22, 24, 27 and 35.
Police will allege in court the men kidnapped and detained another man, demanding cash, and physically and sexually assaulted him over a number of hours in the hotel room.
The four were refused bail to appear at Blacktown Local Court today.
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A 30-year-old woman, described by police as an associate of the gang, was also arrested on Tuesday and charged.
She was granted conditional bail and is due to appear at Blacktown Local Court on May 29.
Detective Superintendent Deb Wallace said the victim’s injuries included a loss of hearing in one ear from being repeatedly beaten at times with a “wooden instrument”.
He was allegedly stabbed in the knee and had boiling water poured over his upper body for the purpose of removing his club tattoo.
“When you leave a club on bad standing, or in good standing, you must remove all identifiers that you have been a member of that outlaw motorcycle gang,” she said during a press conference at NSW Police headquarters in Parramatta this afternoon.
“If you don’t remove it they will remove it by force.”
Det Supt Wallace said the victim knowingly met with his former club mates.
“There could be a number of motives,” she said.
“We’ll be alleging that it’s a case that the victim was either planning to leave the outlaw motorcycle gang — or they didn’t want him in the gang.”
Police believe he was with the alleged attackers for more than 12 hours.
Det Supt Wallace said police had to work hard to gain the victim’s confidence so they could prosecute the “most serious offences”.
Venue CCTV from the previous night, released by NSW Police in April, showed a group of six men, some heavily tattooed, drinking in the pokies room of the Vineyard Hotel.
Another image shows four of the men and a woman leaving the venue later that evening.
Investigators managed to turn the victim into informing on his former gang mates which led to a series of dawn raids across Sydney this morning.
Police released dramatic footage from properties at Hassall Grove, Kellyville, Rouse Hill, and Schofields where bikies covered in “Finks” tattoos were handcuffed and taken into custody.
None of the men have been charged and police are still searching for an additional two men.
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