Bikie filmed himself speeding, showing his unique identifying tattoos
A Mount Druitt bikie behind a shocking road rage punch up was brought down for a string of other offences because of his “unique” tattoos — and a penchant for filming his crimes on his mobile phone.
A Mount Druitt bikie has been busted for dangerous driving because his “unique” tattooed hands were captured holding the wheel as he videoed himself speeding on a mobile phone.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal the stupidity of Tony Taouk, an alleged Comanchero OMCG associate, after he pleaded guilty to charges relating to a road rage attack and other driving offences following an investigation by detectives from the elite police squad Strike Force Raptor.
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The 25-year-old came onto the radar of Raptor detectives after a horrific road rage assault in Beverly Hills in October 2017 where Taouk pulled out a knife and told a driver “Come out you mother f … ker” before punching him.
After the victim managed to snap a picture of Taouk’s car police began to investigate his movements — and later found a raft of material on his mobile phone.
Court documents reveal that Taouk would film himself on his mobile reaching speeds of almost 200km/h.
Police used data from reverse call charge records to work out where he was driving at the time each recording was made.
In a November 2017 recording they placed him on the M4 Motorway in Greystanes where the speed limit is 110km/h but his odometer reached 190km/h.
“His hands with unique tattoos are seen holding the steering wheel while the vehicle is being driven,” police facts state.
The video also showed distinctive blue rosary beads with a cross sticker on the dashboard of Taouk’s Audi, court documents said.
The following month he filmed his uniquely tattooed hands on the steering wheel as the odometer reached 120km/h. But police were able to place him on the M7 Motorway at Quakers Hill where the speed limit is 100km/h.
“The use of a handheld mobile device while driving 15-20km/h above the posted speed limit constitutes driving in a manner/speed dangerous to the public,” police facts say. The same tattoos are seen in a video filmed in February 2018 where police traced him doing 45km/h over the limit on the Great Western Highway in Blacktown for more than 1km.
In another video Taouk aims a stream of foul mouthed abuse at two parking officers from Georges River Council after getting a parking fine at Hurstville. “Yeah you dickhead, f … king idiot. F. k you c. t. You motherf. ker!,” court documents record him saying.
He also abused police on one of his Facebook videos taken at the scene of a bushfire in Mt Druitt while emergency services were trying to keep the place safe.
Taouk has pleaded guilty to use of an offensive weapon, assault occasionally actual bodily harm and dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, drive recklessly, furiously or at speed or manner dangerous. He remains behind bars and will face Bankstown Court on April 11.
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