Hells Angels bikie’s son pleads guilty to $200k grog heist and more

The son of a notorious Hells Angels bikie has fronted court over a series of brazen heists, including the theft of more than $200k of Jack Daniels whiskey.

Hells Angel enforcer Peter “Skitzo” Hewat son, Beau Hewat, pleaded guilty to booze heist. Picture: Facebook

The son of a notorious Hells Angel bikie with a taste for stealing trucks — including one packed with more than $200,000 Jack Daniels whiskey — has pleaded guilty to a host of brazen heists.

Beau Hewat, 33, whose father is Peter “Skitzo” Hewat, fronted Melbourne’s County Court on Friday where he pleaded guilty to three charges of theft and two charges of recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime.

He kicked off his light-fingered crime spree in April 2020, when he stole $75,000 worth of booze, following it up in December of the same year when he stole two Australia Post trailers loaded with parcels in Somerton valued at $50,000.

The court previously Hewat head hooked up a B-double trailer containing 30 pallets of Jack Daniels and cola pre-mixed slabs to his truck at a secure depot in Laverton North before driving off in the early hours on July 10 2021.

The Mickleham father-of-two, who runs a heavy haulage transport company, then offloaded the booze at an associate’s factory in Somerton.

Hewat then called Steven Buzzo, 43, the owner of Tullamarine alcohol distributor 1770 Spirit Co, to make a deal for the booze.

When Buzzo agreed to pay him $157,000 in $15,000 weekly cash instalments, Hewat abandoned the empty trailers on a nearby road and organised for the alcohol to be delivered to Buzzo that night.

Buzzo then began selling the alcohol, which had a wholesale value of $206,597.40.

Buzzo was arrested at his warehouse following an investigation by Northwest Metro Crime Squad detectives into the commercial thefts of heavy haulage vehicles.

He later pleaded guilty to his involvement in the crime, receiving a $5000 fine without conviction.

Hewat was initially on the run, after escaping officers during a raid at his Mickleham property, but later turned himself in.

Judge Michael Cahill said it was hard to believe that Hewat’s theft of the Australia Post trucks was “spontaneous”, after his prior history in stealing trucks with high amounts of alcohol.

“It’s hard to accept the theft of the trailers was spontaneous. There appears to be a pattern of conduct here,” he said.

“There are three incidents over a period of time from April 2020 to July 2021, the modus operandi is effectively the same each time.”

“It’s what seems to be a scheme, where trailers with valuable contents are targeted.”

Judge Cahill said he was “far from decided” in what sentence to impose on Hewat.

“I have in no way made up my mind over what the appropriate disposition should be,” he said.

Hewat will reappear at the County Court for sentencing on Friday, May 12.

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