Bradley Bowtell: Former bikie boss will head to trial next month over drug supply charges
Former Newcastle Nomads bikie boss Bradley Bowtell will head to trial next month to fight charges he was dealing ice out of his Singleton Heights home last year.
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Bikie Bradley Bowtell will head to trial next month charged with dealing ‘ice’ out of his Singleton Heights home last year.
The former chapter president of Newcastle’s Nomads bikie gang was charged with serious drug offences in November following raids by Strike Force Axel detectives investigating Upper Hunter criminal groups.
The anti-bikie unit Strike Force Raptor North also assisted in the Singleton raids.
The heavily tattooed 35-year-old was charged with supplying 107 grams of methylamphetamine — estimated to be a street value of more than $50,000 — which he has pleaded not guilty to.
Four charges of possess prohibited drug, which relates to steroids, will be used as related offences when he heads to trial, while six charges of supply a prohibited drug have also been withdrawn.
In Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday, Bowtell sat in the back row of the courtroom as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) cited the matters were ready to be committed for trial in Newcastle’s District Court on August 6.
Bowtell is also fighting charges for contravening a community corrections order (CCO) four times.
Police allege in court documents between April 2018 and February 2019, the former bikie boss breached the order by having encrypted app conversations, associating with bikie members including Dylan Britliffe and displaying outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) insignia.
He’s pleaded not guilty to all breaches, with the matters adjourned until August 17 at Muswellbrook Local Court.