Where NSW ex-bikies Marco Coffen, Jock Ross are now: list
From the founder of the Comancheros to a Hells Angels boss, these former NSW bikies turned their backs on their clubs in search of a new life. Full list.
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While leaving the world of the bikie underworld can be a difficult and costly business, many have managed to turn their lives behind and find something to live for.
From a tech strategist to a bravery award-winning firefighter, these former bikies turned their backs on their gang for a better life.
This list even includes the founder of the Comancheros.
MARCO COFFEN
The former senior member of the Sydney Comanchero motorcycle club, who now lives in the United Arab Emirates with his wife and four kids, describes himself on his website as an “all-around investor, tech strategist, and real estate developer based in Dubai”.
Marco Coffen’s website says he has “been heavily involved in the cryptocurrency space for the last five years and is working to develop a crypto trading platform of his own”.
His business interests also include artificial intelligence and electric cars.
Coffen grew up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, and says he was “greatly influenced” by his carpenter father and healthcare administrator mother.
According to court documents, in 2006 Coffen pleaded guilty to a charge of accessory before the fact to armed robbery, after he was tried in the district court in Sydney.
The charge related to a robbery at gunpoint of around 3810 Samsung mobile phones from the warehouse of CTI Logistics in 2002.
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DEREK WAINOHU
The former Hells Angel boss’s LinkedIn profile says he has successfully turned things around to become a quality assurance and product engineering manager.
In 2011, the NSW Government was ordered to pay former Hells Angel bikie boss Derek Wainohu $300,000 in legal fees after he successfully challenged legislation aimed at breaking up bikie gangs.
His LinkedIn profile says he studied mechanical engineering at St George College in the 1980s, and now works for Infa Group on baby and infant products like child restraints and nursery products.
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WILLIAM ‘JOCK’ ROSS
Jock Ross turned his back on the bikie lifestyle to become a family man after founding the Comancheros in 1966.
The grandfather of 12 was tragically put into an induced coma after a head-on collision with a car in the Hawkesbury in 2019, before making a miraculous recovery.
The daughter of brain surgeon Charlie Teo, Nicola Teo, was charged with negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm over the crash before the case was dismissed.
Now a volunteer firefighting captain with the NSW RFS, Ross was awarded a Commissioner’s Commendation for Bravery last year after saving a man and his dog from a house fire in Spencer on the Central Coast with fellow volunteer Alison Wade and no backup.
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MOUHAMED TAJJOUR
Former Nomad national president Mouhamed ‘Moudi’ Tajjour has left the club behind and turned to comedy.
After sensationally quitting the outlaw club with his brother’s blessing, Tajjour now hosts the popular comedy podcast Can’t Fight Hate alongside Sydney recording artist UB Brigante, who at one point reached #6 on the Australian iTunes charts.
The podcast covers topics from cooking lessons to life on the road as an outlaw, and there’s also word Tajjour is working on his first book, and welcomed his first child in June after becoming a butcher.
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BRADLEY BOWTELL
While the 37-year-old former Nomad Newcastle City chapter president – and rumoured one-time national president – won’t be out of jail until next year, he’s claimed to have turned his life around.
Bowtell has run Ace Concrete Industries in Singleton since 2018, and says he wants to spend time with his family, coach junior footy and grow his business.
However, as Bowtell was leaving the club he was pinged for ice supply.
He was sentenced to two years and three months behind bars for the supply, and will be eligible for parole in June next year.
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DAN KILIAN
After walking away from a professional rugby league career with Newcastle and returning home to Coffs Harbour, Kilian was inadvertently lured into the infamous Rebels gang while out partying one night.
In 2014, Mr Kilian fronted court after being caught buying 10,000 MDMA tablets for $10 each.
He pleaded guilty to selling the pills on, netting himself thousands of dollars in profit, some of which he spent on drugs.
He spent 18 months behind bars, the 25-year-old now helps other former outlaw motorcycle gang members wanting a new and crime-free life.
He also coaches his local club the Sawtell Panthers.
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COREY AGIUS
The former bikie who stacked his motorcycle when spotted by police after ripping a wheelie on a footpath has been sentenced for eight offences, including drug possession and driving while disqualified.
Agius left the Finks to become a family man, but a court heard he has a history of mental health problems and substance abuse.
Court documents state father-of-two Corey Agius, 25, “begged” police officers to let him go as he didn’t want to return to jail when he was arrested for riding a red and white Honda motorcycle on a disqualified licence at Riverstone on May 22.
The court heard at the time of the incident he was serving a jail sentence in the community.
The ex-Finks bikie got his wish this month when he was released on time served after spending two months and 21 days behind bars.
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