A GANG of bikers waited in a lay-by before following a motorcyclist on to a motorway and shooting him dead because he was a "fully patched" member of a rival group, a court heard.
Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin, 35, was returning from a biker festival when he was targeted as a senior gang member, riding at the front of a three-bike convoy.
Birmingham Crown Court heard how a rival seven-strong "chapter" in two separate cars lay
in wait near two different junctions of the M40 motorway.
Timothy Raggatt, QC, prosecuting, said the first car followed their target before executing Tobin with "military precision".
It is alleged that a phone call was then made to the group in the second car, who were waiting further down the motorway, telling them the job was done and they could stand down.
Mr Raggatt said: "The car that ultimately contained those who directly killed Mr Tobin lay in wait for a suitable target to come along. A suitable target did come along, which was Mr Tobin and his party."
Mr Raggatt explained how the lay-by on the A46 dual carriageway near Warwick was the ideal place to spot vehicles heading from the Bulldog Bash festival to join the M40.
The court heard that the Rover car contained two of the accused, Simon Turner and Dane Garside, and also Sean Creighton, who has already admitted murder. They waited for Mr Tobin and his party, which also consisted of two Polish bikers, one carrying a passenger, and followed them on to the M40 at junction 15.
The court was told Mr Tobin rode at the front of the convoy as the "fully patched" member of the Hell's Angels biker group.
The motorcyclists overtook traffic at speeds of about 90mph, but were forced to move into the middle lane as the Rover drove up close behind.
The Rover overtook two of the motorcyclists, before pulling alongside Mr Tobin, the court was told.
Two shots were then fired, one from a revolver which struck Mr Tobin in the neck, killing him instantly, leaving him sprawled on the tarmac.
The second bullet, fired from a different gun, aimed to stop the bike, hit a mudguard, sending the motorcycle off the motorway and into a field.
Mr Raggatt added: "There were two gunmen; both gunshots were carefully aimed. One gunman would not have been able to take such a careful aim with two weapons. It was a precision piece of shooting, not a lucky shot at all.
"Every person in that vehicle is a direct participant in the killing of Mr Tobin. It doesn't matter who fired which gun."
The jury was also shown detailed mobile-phone records, showing communication between the members of the Outlaw gang.
Using mobile-phone masts to locate the defendants, it was revealed how one call was made from very close to the murder scene to another phone located close to junction 11 of the M40. Mr Raggatt said this was the call to notify the other gang members that the target had been successfully "executed".
He added: "This evidence shows quite clearly that this is a culmination of events which resulted from careful planning and precision timing.
"Gerry Tobin was the victim of an execution," said Mr Raggatt. "He was carefully selected as a target, as he was a 'fully patched' Hell's Angel."
Karl Garside, 45, Simon Turner, 41, Dane Garside, 42, Malcolm Bull, 54, Dean Taylor, 47 and Ian Cameron, 46, all deny murder and firearm offences.
The case continues.
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