Ex-Nomad bikie Moudi Tajjour’s vow: ‘My son will never be a criminal’
Former Nomad Moudi Tajjour says his only priority now is to ensure his young son never joins a gang. Read how he became NSW’s youngest bikie — and why he got out.
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The modern-day Moudi Tajjour is a TikTok star, a reformed gangster and, most importantly, a father.
It is only now, having stepped away from the dangerous world of Sydney’s streets and with a young son of his own to care for, that he can look back on the decisions that led to him becoming NSW’s youngest bikie.
In particular, as part of a sit-down interview with The Daily Telegraph for gangland video series The War, Tajjour seems remorseful about the killing of Robin Nassour on January 2, 2006, for which he was jailed for manslaughter.
“When I see on the news, a man in his 20s being murdered … I think: ‘F..k, imagine his dad,’” he said.
“I wonder what kind of father he’s got? What will he do? I can’t put myself in their predicament, but I can (try to relate). It even makes me think about the person I was convicted of killing.”
Tajjour’s brother Sleiman and their cousin Michael Ibrahim were also jailed for Nassour’s manslaughter. Tajjour was only 22, but even he admits that day had long been coming.
He had left Merrylands High School in his early teens after being caught selling drugs to his classmates. “I had no childhood, straight out, since 11 years old I’ve been a criminal,” he said.
“I was a ‘Scorpion’ when I was about 12 … (they were) just a street crew, I’ve still got a tattoo there.
“I got my first tattoo in year 6 and I’ll never forget, I went in to get a tattoo and the bloke goes: ‘Get out of here mate, you’re just a baby.’
“So we went up to the servo, bought a pair of scissors, broke them apart and walked back in and said: ‘You are going to f..king tattoo me or I’ll stab the f..k out of ya.’
“That’s how I got my first tattoo — and I ended up being mates with the bloke!”
When he was jailed, Tajjour had been a member of the Nomads bikie gang for more than seven years.
From being a member of street gangs when he was young, he was indoctrinated into the bikie life through his cousins — Michael and Sam Ibrahim — and his brother Sleiman.
The three of them ran the club and soon Tajjour joined the ranks, becoming the vice-president next to his brother and, eventually, the president.
“My cousin ended up calling me over and he was saying he didn’t realise how old I was,” Tajjour said.
“He said: ‘You’re all grown up now?’ I think he thought I was 20 … I just went along with it and said: ‘Yeah, I want to join the Nomads.’”
Tajjour was only 15.
“He said: ‘Go buy a bike.’ I already had a couple of hundred grand stashed at that point, so I bought a bike and started going to Nomads meetings,” Tajjour said.
“See, I wasn’t a normal f..king kid, you know what I mean?”
With a son of his own now to care for, Tajjour said ensuring the boy did not follow in his father’s footsteps was his only priority.
In particular, with the recent spate of gangland killings including a number of men in their late teens and early 20s, he said it was no longer “fun to be a gangster”.
Recently, Tajjour says he was raided by police who accused him of still being part of the gang, something he rubbished.
“I was on the f..king floor, cuffed … and I said: ‘Get the f..k out of here … you still think I’m a Nomad?’,” Tajjour said.
“I haven’t got a bone left in me that desires a gangster life.
“My son, I don’t want him to have a life like the one I lived.
“I would kill my son if he became a gangster, kill him, you understand? My son will never be a criminal.
“In front of my son I act weak, I don’t want to act tough because then he’ll want to follow.
“My son is going to see a soft man. If I’m with my son and someone gets smart, I’ll turn my head and keep walking.
“My son won’t know what the streets knew.”
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