Listed: 22 South Australia bikies banned from owning guns
Dozens of South Australian outlaw motorcycle gang members and their associates have been banned from owning firearms. Search the list.
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From teenagers to career criminals, hundreds of South Australians are deemed too dangerous to own a gun.
Among the 721 people listed on the Firearms Prohibition Order Public Access Register, dozens are members or associates of outlaw motorcycle gangs.
HOW IS SOMEONE BANNED FROM OWNING A GUN?
Under the Firearms Act, one of the reasons individuals can be served a firearms prohibition order is if they are known members or associates of gangs or declared criminal organisations.
Under the Act, all proven members of outlaw motorcycle gangs, which are declared criminal organisations in South Australia are automatically banned from owning a gun.
A Firearms Prohibition Order prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, firearm parts or ammunition and bans them from being in the company of anyone in possession of a firearm.
Not all people served with an order have committed a crime.
Under the Act, an individual can be issued with an order if “possession of a firearm by the person would be likely to result in undue danger to life or property” or “the person is not a fit and proper person to possess a firearm, and that it is in the public interest that a firearms prohibition order should apply to the person”.
Some outlaw motorcycle gang members and associates listed on the register cannot be named for legal reasons.
Here are some of men who have, at some stage, had known bikie links who can be identified.
KNOWN BIKIES ON THE REGISTER
Terry Ian Polley
A long serving member of the Hells Angels in Adelaide, Polley, 62, has been banned from owning a firearm since July 14, 2015. Polley, who has been a Hells Angels member for decades, was one of 13 Hells Angels arrested in January and charged with breaking South Australia’s strict anti-association laws. He is set to appear in court on that charge for the first time in April so has not yet been required to enter a plea.
Daryl John Polley
Daryl John Polley, 61, whose older brother Terry is also a longtime Hells Angels member, has been affiliated with the notorious bikie gang for decades. Like his older brother, Polley was banned from owning a firearm on July 14, 2015.
Vincenzo Focarelli (AKA Imran Salaam)
Failed gang leader and career petty criminal Vince Focarelli, 50, who is now known as Imran Salaam, was a well-known face of the bikie wars that gripped Adelaide throughout the 2000s. In 2007, Focarelli formed the street gang New Boys after leaving the Hells Angels while a prospect. Three years later, he headed up the new Adelaide chapter of the now powerful Comanchero before being stripped of his presidency because of internal disputes. The once sought-after gang leader and now ex-bikie was banned from owning a firearm less than four months after his son Giovanni was shot dead in January 2012.
Eugene Osenkowski
The oldest person in South Australia banned from owning a gun, Eugene Osenkowski, 79, has been a Hells Angels member for decades. Osenkowski made national headlines in 2006 when he challenged the state’s anti-fortification laws in the Supreme Court. His home was fortified with razor wire in the roof cavity and secured with steel doors. His appeal was unanimously rejected.
Hussain Alzuain
Husain Alzuain, 36, was one of seven Hells Angels-linked men who was last year found guilty of the shooting murder of Jason De Ieso. During the trial, the court heard he had been the sergeant at arms of the gang’s North Crew. He was issued with a firearms prohibition order in February 2010, two years before Mr De Ieso was gunned down amid an escalating bikie war between the Hells Angels and Finks in 2011. During the trial, the court heard he became a gang prospect between February and May 2010 and a full member around March 2011.
Mohamed Alzuain
Husain Alzuain’s younger brother Mohamed Alzuain, 32, was also found guilty of Mr De Ieso’s murder. He was also issued with a firearms prohibition order, but not until June 2015 – after he ended his membership with the Hells Angels. During the trial the court heard he became a gang prospect around July 2012 and a full member about a year later. His membership ended in November 2014. Both men have lodged appeals against both their convictions and sentences imposed.
Peter Keith Stacy
Peter Keith Stacy, 42, a longstanding Hells Angels member, has been one of the faces of the club’s battle against the state government to regain control of its rural stronghold at Ponde on the River Murray. Stacy, a co-director of Disorganized Developments, which owns the Hells Angels’ longtime home away from home, has been banned from owning a firearm since February 20, 2020.
Mark Barford
Descendants bikie Mark Barford, 60, was sentenced to more than three years imprisonment in 2022 after police found a revolver and methamphetamine at his northern suburbs home. Police had attended to serve Barford with a Firearms Prohibition Order when he told his son to flush the gun, disguised as a Christmas present, down the toilet. Barford has been banned from owning a firearm since the day of that arrest on December 14, 2019.
Benjamin Adam Boin
Benjamin Boin, 43, was one of eight Descendants bikies spared jail over his role in a vicious car yard brawl in June 2020. Boin did not plead guilty to affray but did plead guilty to breaking South Australia’s strict anti-association laws, which prohibit three or more bikies to gather in public. Boin has been banned from owning a firearm since August 10, 2019.
Nicholas Anthony Doublet
Nicholas Anthony Doublet, 33, is another of the eight Descendants bikies spared jail over a June 2020 car yard brawl. Doublet pleaded guilty to affray and being present with two or more participants of a declared criminal organisation for his part in the incident. Doublet has been banned from owning a firearm since June 26, 2022.
Ethan Ericson
Comanchero Ethan Ericson, 27, was jailed last year for shooting a rival Hells Angels bikie’s home in June 2022. In sentencing, Judge Geraldine Davison said Ericson had joined the Comanchero while incarcerated for earlier offences in 2019 and had offended within months of serving a prison term. Ericson has been banned from owning a firearm since he was jailed on February 2, 2023.
Alexander Michael Ilich
Rock Machine president Alexander Michael Ilich, 45, was jailed for 12 years in 2020, dismantling the little-known club’s leadership. Ilich was arrested for having a Glock self-loading handgun at his Athol Park home as well as more than a kilo of methamphetamine, ammunition and $21,000 in cash. Rock Machine emerged about eight years ago. The gang was founded in Canada where it received international attention for a bitter and bloody war with the Hells Angels that claimed 160 lives over eight years. Ilich has been banned from owning a firearm since December 15, 2009.
Matthew Aaron Pepper
In 2015, Descendants bikie Matthew Aaron Pepper, 39, unsuccessfully applied to have his Firearms Prohibition Order overturned by the courts. Pepper was one of eight Descendants bikies spared jail over the June 2020 car yard brawl. His Firearms Prohibition Order, which was issued on June 16, 2015, remains in place.
Jordan Mackie
Another Descendants bikie who avoided jail for his part in the 2020 car yard brawl, Jordan Mackie, 28, has been banned from owning a firearm since March 3 last year. In sentencing Mackie over the brawl in 2021, Magistrate Simon Smart said the bikie could be seen to be “using a hammer to strike another”.
Dion Jay Madden
The former Nomads chapter president’s jailing was one of the final nails in the coffin for the bikie gang’s operations in SA. Thrown behind bars for commercial drug trafficking and money laundering, Dion Jay Madden, 43, will be eligible for parole in August 2028. He has been banned from owning a firearm since April 22, 2022.
Daniel Jalleh
Daniel Jalleh, 35, is another of the seven Hells Angels-linked men found guilty of the murder of Jason De Ieso. At trial the court heard he became a gang prospect in January 2012, and a full member of the gang about a year later. He was issued with a firearms prohibition order in September 2015. He has also since lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence.
Ross Montgomery
The eldest of the seven Hells Angels-linked men found guilty of murdering Jason De Ieso is Ross Montgomery, 39. An agreed fact provided to the jury during the trial stated that he became a gang “hangaround” sometime before November 4, 2012. He then became a prospect before late March 2013 and a full member between October 5, 2013, and January 13, 2014. His firearms ban came into effect in November 2019, a few months after his August 2019 arrest. Like each of the men found guilty, Montgomery has also since lodged an appeal against conviction and sentence.
Kyle Pryde
Kyle Pryde, 35, was arrested and charged with murdering Jason De Ieso while he was in Queensland in late 2019 before being extradited back to South Australia. He was among the group of seven Hells Angels-linked men found guilty of the shooting murder. At trial, the Supreme Court was told he became a gang prospect prior to July 2012 and was a fully patched member by January the following year. He was added to the firearms prohibition register in September 2015.
Nicholas Sianis
Nicholas Sianis, 37, was confirmed as a Hells Angels North Crew prospect in the weeks prior to the murder of Jason De Ieso in November 2012. He was among the seven men found guilty of the murder, but has since lodged appeals against conviction and sentence. During the trial the court heard he went on to become a full member on or about January 16, 2013. He was added to the firearms prohibition list in September 2015.
Tobias Sahlstorfer
Hells Angels member Tobias Sahlstorfer, 34, is awaiting a verdict on a charge of murder after a Supreme Court trial by judge alone. During the trial the court heard Sahlstorfer was alleged to be the “main protagonist” in the fatal bashing of innocent man Mark Boyce in 2017. Another man, Joshua Roy Grant, was earlier found guilty of murdering Mr Boyce at an earlier trial. Sahlstorfer, who has distinctive Hells Angels and one per cent tattoos inked across his face, was added to the firearms prohibition order register in September 2018.
Zoran Nikolic
Zoran Nikolic, 58, played a pivotal role in the bikie wars which raged across Adelaide between 2008 and 2011. At the time he was linked to the Hells Angels and his Andrews Farm home was the target of multiple drive-by shootings, including one incident where more than 20 shots were fired and his dog was injured. He was added to the firearms prohibition register in August 2014.
Graham Daniel Young
Convicted killer Graham Daniel Young, 48, was linked to the Hells Angels during court hearings related to drug and blackmailing offences in 2015. The sentencing judge said while Young had made efforts to distance himself from the gang, it was not clear if he had completely broken ties. Young was banned from possessing a firearm in January 2020.
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