Ex-Comanchero boss Allan Meehan shows off tattoo of US mafia don John Gotti

Former Comanchero president Allan Meehan was released on bail this week, sporting a pair of grey shorts that showed off an unusual tattoo on his left calf.

He’s the bikie hardman who was crowned head honcho after a meteoric rise up the ranks of Australia’s toughest outlaw motorcycle gang — but even ex-Comanchero boss Allan Meehan needs someone to look up to.

Confidential watched on with interest last week when Meehan walked free from Sydney’s Silverwater jail after being granted bail over allegations he breached a serious crime prevention order by failing to inform police of a change of address when he moved his family to Queensland last year.

Known for his sense of style, we’re used to seeing Meehan decked out in designer duds when he isn’t dressed head to toe in club colours (Versace and Balenciaga seem to be his go-to fashion houses), but it was a more casually dressed man who emerged through the prison gates.

He was sporting the same plain grey shirt and workout shorts he was wearing when arrested and extradited to Sydney in early February.

As he lined up to make a call on the nearest payphone (yes, they still exist), Confidential couldn’t help but do a double take when we recognised whose face Meehan has tattooed on his outer left calf – none other than famed US mob boss, John Gotti.

Ex-Comanchero boss Allan Meehan makes a call outside jail. Picture: Monique Harmer

The tattoo on Meehan’s calf bears a striking resemblance to US mafia don John Gotti.

For those not in the know, Gotti was one of the most feared gangsters in the US as the head of New Yorks’ Gambino crime family throughout the second half of the last century.

He was known for his flamboyant style, earning him the nickname “The Dapper Don” until the 1980s, when he became known as “The Teflon Don” after beating charges in three high-profile trials.

However, a life of crime eventually caught up with him and he was jailed for life in 1992 after being convicted of five murders, racketeering, tax evasion, extortion and loansharking. Gotti died of throat cancer in federal prison in 2002.

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