Senior Lone Wolf bikie gang member to be sentenced on guns, drugs charges

The vice-president of a bikie gang who was caught driving around Footscray with a bulletproof vest and a loaded handgun will soon learn his fate.

The vice-president of the Lone Wolf bikie gang could be released from jail as early as September, after he admitted to driving around the western suburbs with a loaded handgun with its hammer cocked.

Thick Mou, who police say is the vice-president of the gang’s Victorian arm, has been behind bars since July last year, when police raided his Sydenham house and found an arsenal of handguns, including one with a silencer and drugs.

Thick Mou, 31, is the vice president of the Lone Wolf bikie gang’s Melbourne arm.

Mou, 31, had earlier been busted hiding a handgun in a bush in the moments before police arrived on the scene of a Footscray fender-bender, in which he was driving his black Mercedes Benz with stolen number plates.

That gun was loaded, had its serial number ground off, had a bullet in the chamber and its hammer pulled back, the court heard.

Police also seized four mobile phones, vials of drugs, a bulletproof vest, and ammunition during a search of Mou’s car.

The Lone Wolf bikie gang has been recruiting members in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

He had previously pleaded guilty to a string of charges stemming from the searches of his house and car, but the case has been hit with months of delays.

The Sunshine Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday heard Mou might struggle to comply with the kind of complicated series of court orders which Magistrates sometimes impose.

Mou, who appeared by video link from a high security section of Barwon Prison, has previously lived in Western Australia and police suspect he was actively recruiting new gang members in Melbourne’s west in the lead-up to his incarceration.

Prosecutors have previously flagged they will call for Mou to be handed a hefty jail sentence with a non-parole period, but defence lawyer Emma Turnbull said her client should be handed a more lenient sentence with court-ordered supervision in the community.

Ms Turnbull said Mou would live with his mother, wife and two children when he was released from jail and that he should be given help to keep clear of drugs and look after his mental health.

Mou will be sentenced in September.