Jock Ross is in pain from injuries and not knowing why Teo charges were dropped

Former Comanchero William “Jock” Ross has struggled to rebuild his life after a serious crash. He’s also pained that the DPP hasn’t revealed why it dropped driving charges against Nicola Teo.

William “Jock” Ross, right, remains in pain after the collision. The DPP dropped driving charges against Charlie Teo’s daughter Nicola, left, without any explanation. Pictures: News Corp

William “Jock” Ross is “really not well” and has been struggling to rebuild his life after the DPP dropped serious driving charges against Charlie Teo’s daughter Nicola without any explanation.

And the stress of living with not knowing why serious driving charges against Nicola Teo were mysteriously dropped by the DPP in 2021 has exacerbated his health complications, his wife has said.

In 2019, police had alleged Ms Teo was driving a 4WD when it collided with a Harley Davidson being ridden by Mr Ross on a country road in the Hawkesbury.

Scottish-born Ross, the former self-styled “supreme commander” of the Comanchero who did five years in jail for his involvement in the 1984 Milperra Massacre that left seven people dead and 28 injured, is in excruciating and constant pain after surgeons inserted titanium plates in his left hip and leg.

“(Jock) is really not well, the DPP dropped the charges, just like that, they didn’t tell us, we found out the night before the court case at 9pm that charges were dropped,” Vanessa Ross said from their home on the banks of Macdonald River, near Wiseman’s Ferry.

Jock Ross now relies on a crutch after sustaining serious internal injuries when his motorbike collided head on in a crash with Charlie Teo's daughter Nicola, who was let off serious driving charges over the accident. Picture: Richard Dobson

“We tried to find out why, we asked the DPP, we asked her (Nicola’s) lawyer but no one will tell us anything other than the charges were dropped after a psychiatric report was received.”

“And now he’s really not well, it’s the crash, the stress of the case, not knowing … it’s been a lot for him. He’s had to rebuild his entire life. Everything has changed,” she said.

His wife Vanessa Ross says Jock Ross has been “really not well” since the crash. Picture: Rohan Kelly

She added: “He didn’t want to go to court, he was going to give evidence even he didn’t want to see her, but he said it won’t change anything if he goes. What’s happened has happened.”

Ross, 81, a former Comanchero bikie boss turned firefighter, now relies on the use of a crutch to walk after he sustained a litany of life changing internal injuries when his Harley Davidson collided with a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by Nicola Teo, which police previously alleged was being driven on the wrong side of the road on September 25 2019.

Mr Ross was knocked off his bike in crash with Charlie Teo's daughter Nicola. Picture: Richard Dobson

“I was dead, they didn’t think I would make it to hospital … I had enough time to go ‘oh f. k’, I saw it coming,” Ross previously told The Daily Telegraph.

“The doctors took out all the muscles and veins from my arm and rebuilt my leg.

Nicola Teo (pictured centre), the daughter of brain surgeon Charlie Teo, has had all charges dropped at what was to be her first day at trial for crashing into the ex-president of the Comanchero in Sydney's northwest. Picture: David Swift

“I was a big bloke, if you want to lose weight, be in a car crash,” he had said.

Ms Teo, 26, has remained tight lipped about the case since all four charges against her were dropped in 2021.

The professional dog walker faced a potential jail sentence if the dropped charges were proven, being a range of dangerous driving offences including negligent driving, failing to keep left of the dividing line and not giving particulars to police.

Nicola Teo (pictured second right) with her father Charlie Teo and sisters Genevieve and Alex, Katie and Sophie at a gala ball for his foundation in 2019, has moved on with her life. Picture supplied

The five day trial was never heard at the Downing Centre District Court after she pleaded not guilty in 2021 because the Director of Public Prosecutions believed it was ‘unlikely’ to win after reviewing Ms Teo’s psychiatric report after considering prosecution guidelines.

The court heard the main issue at the trial would be “automatism”, or acting without conscious choice, a rare defence that can be caused by medical conditions including a fit, diabetes, concussion or an involuntarily movement such as a spasm or reflex.

Nicola Teo has never spoken about the crash with former Comanchero bikie boss Jock Ross. Picture: Gaye Gerard

Scene after Nicola Teo, daughter of Charlie Teo crashed with former bikie Jock Ross. Picture: 9News

William 'Jock' Ross was found guilty of manslaughter following the Milperra massacre in 1984. The judge named Ross the supreme commander of the Comanchero and the instigator of the violence and he received a life sentence.

In a brief statement the officer of the Director of Public Prosecutions would not elaborate on the decision to drop the charges, saying, “This matter was withdrawn in the District Court this morning. The Office has no further comment.”

Scottish-born Ross, the former self-styled “supreme commander” of the Comanchero, was a founding father of bikie gangs in Australia who served five years for manslaughter and affray for his involvement in the 1984 Milperra Massacre that left seven people dead and 28 injured.

Life changed for the grandfather of 12 after his release from jail when he became captain of his local NSW Rural Fire Service brigade.

Mr Ross has had to give up volunteering and was captain of his local NSW Rural Fire Service brigade. Supplied- Nine News