OneFour, 21 District: Notorious NSW street gangs and what makes them tick

From diehards to those looking to get out of the game, members of Sydney’s street gangs have dominated by numbers. Now, their suburbs, names and faces can be revealed.

Sydney has come a long way since gangs ruled the streets of The Rocks 150 years ago.

Names like the Straw Hat Push, the Forty Thieves and the Gibb Street Mob have made way for more modern tags, usually involving postcodes.

With names like District 21 to KL27, the rise of social media has seen the streets make way for the internet as a way for members to taunt each other and plan their next moves.

Many young people turn their backs on gangs, while others remain loyal until the end. Here are some of NSW‘s most notorious street gangs.

ONEFOUR

Trench Tuifua was sentenced over a brawl at Plumpton Maccas..

Most will know the name OneFour from the Mount Druitt drill group of the same name who have worked alongside music industry heavyweights including Harlem rapper A$AP Ferg and London rapper Stormzy.

The rap group has distanced itself from the gang, which was originally known as NF14 and part of the Mounty County coalition.

The popularity of the group saw an increase in membership, with members known to us the famous “2 7” hand gestures representing Mount Druitt’s postcode 2770.

Gang member Trench Tuifua, 22, was sentenced to a non-parole period of eight months after a brawl erupted between members and rival gang 67 outside a McDonalds.

The two gangs had by chance both pulled up in cars at the Plumpton Maccas last December before yelling out their gang affiliations to each other and brawling.

He pleaded guilty to affray through his lawyer Mohommed Bazzi as relatives sobbed in the back of the court.

Frank Bosco (left) threatened commuters with a hammer at Rooty Hill train station last year.

Mr Bazzi told the court Tuifua does not want anything to do with the gang when he gets out of jail after they “betrayed” him by not checking in on him or his mother while he sat in a cell at the Mid-North Coast Correctional Centre.

Gang member Frank Bosco was sentenced to 14 months’ jail, with a non-parole period of eight months after pleading guilty last year to being armed with intent to commit an indictable offence, affray and possessing unlawfully obtained goods.

CCTV footage captured Bosco and other gang members brandishing weapons as Inner West gang members got off a busy train at Rooty Hill.

The video showed Bosco waving around a hammer, with police documents revealing a rise in violence was linked to the stabbing death of 20-year-old Inner West gang associate Tinorei Henri at Parramatta train station in October 2018.

21 DISTRICT

Tikoa Lene took part in a brawl between rival gangs OneFour and Inner West at a Mt Druitt pub.

21 District, also known as the “Innerwest Brotherhood”, and formerly known as G40 and 3T, is a gang coalition mostly made up of suburbs with postcodes starting with 21.

Just like OneFour, the name is also used by a well-known rap group who have distanced themselves from the gang.

Churchgoing father Tikoa Lene, 21, was sentenced at Parramatta District Court last year after pleading guilty to affray and participating in a criminal group following a stoush with OneFour members at The Village Hotel in 2019.

Lene was given a community corrections order to be of good behaviour for two years, and has vowed to leave the gang behind.

Mal Seve was jailed after pleading guilty to taking part in the brawl.

“I would not want members of my family to see that kind of violence,” he wrote to the court.

A skilled rugby league player, it was through weekend footy matches at Guildford that Lene became caught up with members of the Inner West gang.

Lene’s cousin Mal Seve, 22, was sentenced to two years’ jail last year after pleading guilty to the same charges.

The court heard the group travelled to the hotel in a convoy of cars, with Seve driving Lene is his mother‘s Tarago van.

THE OUTKASTS

The Outkasts reportedly formed inside Goulburn Supermax.

The Outkasts, or Outcast or The OC, was originally a prison gang formed inside Goulburn’s Supermax prison.

Little is known about its spread to Sydney’s streets, where it is most active in suburbs bordering the Inner West and Greater West.

They have a strong reputation due to their prison background, and it is believed most members join in prison.

Members of the gang viciously beat a fellow prisoner and lit a fire in 2016 after members were moved to Wellington Correctional Centre in an attempt to split up the gang.

It is believed the move just expanded the gang’s membership.

KL27

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, died at the scene.

The “Killara Legion Twenty Seven” was founded in 2009 by older members of the KB Gang and at one point called 6ixPence rivals, but now rivals 21 District.

The gang is a coalition of youth gangs in North Sydney, mainly operating in Killara and Gordon, where it is believed many went to school.

The gang became part of the Mounty County, before separating in 2011, and is believed to have regularly brawled with G40 members.

The stabbing death of a 17-year-old earlier this month in Blacktown is believed to be linked to gang feuds, with Instagram users using the number 27 paying tribute to the teen, while others using 21 mocked his death.

6IXPENCE

The gang is suspected of being involved in an attack on a man in Chatswood’s Memorial Gardens. Picture: Troy Snook

6ixPence, or 6P, has its origins on the streets of Hong Kong and Vietnam, and has been known to be active in Carlingford and Cabramatta, and more recently Chatswood.

While the gang has a reputation for avoiding the headlines, they have been linked to an attack on a man in his 20s at Chatswood‘s Memorial Gardens last year.

A North Shore Police spokesman said the victim was sitting in the park when he was “set upon” by a group of men, punched in the face and head and “continually punched” after falling to the ground.