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STORY: Andrew Potts
TRUE CRIME 
How the Gold Coast’s most infamous bikie was taken down
Few bikies in the Gold Coast underworld are more notorious than Christopher Wayne Hudson.
Warning: graphic content
The Hells Angels member was a central figure in the mid-2000 gang wars before shooting three people, one fatally, in Melbourne's CBD in 2007.
Video: 60 Minutes
It’s been 15 years since Hudson’s notorious rampage made headlines around the world. It capped off a short but violent criminal career, which ended with Hudson jailed for 35 years. 
Hudson came to prominence in the early 2000s as a member of the Black Uhlans.
He later patched over to the Finks, and The Uhlans, having had a taste of his crazy ways, were not too sorry to see him go.
Video: 60 Minutes
After a handful of years with the Finks, Hudson defected again in October 2006, this time to the Hells Angels.
The Bulletin reported he had convinced hierarchy he could deliver with drug contacts in the then-lucrative Surfers Paradise nightclub world. 
The Hells Angels gave him a HarleyDavidson and the green light.
This betrayal set the stage for a brewing gang conflict that came to a head in March 2006 when the Hells ­Angels and Finks went head to head during a kickboxing fight night at Royal Pines Resort. 
Video: Nine News
It would be dubbed the “Ballroom Blitz”, a bloody melee in front of 1800 people. Hudson was shot twice, in the face and back.
Video:Nine
The violence began after the Finks spotted Hudson enter the room. The shooting was believed to be retribution for Hudson’s defection.
He would survive before travelling to Victoria where, in June 2007, he committed his most infamous crime.
Swipe up to read the full story of Christopher Wayne Hudson.
PRODUCER: GILLIAN MCNALLY

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