Brawl biker in custody.Byline: Mark Cowan THE Hell's Angels biker who fled the UK after being convicted over his part in a volent riot between rival gangs at Birmingham International Airport Birmingham International Airport may refer to:
An arrest warrant was issued after Mark Larner fled to South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. with a "substantial amount of cash" after being found guilty of riot in May. The 47-year-old, from Upper Gornal in the Black Country, quietly returned to the UK and walked into a police station in the Bristol area to hand himself in. He is now in custody and is due to be sentenced later this month. It is not known how or when he managed to get back into the country. Larner was one of eight men convicted at Birmingham Crown Court earlier this year for their part in the mass brawl between rival members of the Hell's Angels and Outlaws biker gangs at the airport in January 2008. Up to 30 people, some armed with knives, hammers, machetes, knuckledusters and a meat cleaver, were involved in the battle in front of terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. families outside the airport's arrivals hall. The rival gangs clashed in January last year after members realised they were on the same citybound flight from Alicante, in Spain. A West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second largest in the United Kingdom after London's Metropolitan Police [1]. It covers an area with nearly 2. spokesman said: "Mark Larner walked into a police station in the Bristol area and handed himself in. He was arrested and brought to Birmingham. He is currently in custody and will appear at Birmingham Crown Court on November 23 where he will be sentenced." The other seven members of the biker gangs were each jailed for six years after the judge condemned them for being "little more than a childhood gang". They are Outlaws members Mark Moseley, 46, of Orchard Rise, Birmingham; Jeremy Ball, 46, of Plant Street, Cheadle, Staffordshire; Neil Harrison, 46, of Bell Green Road, Coventry; Mark Price, 50, of Westbury Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire; and Hell's Angels members Paul Arlett, 35, of Cradley Road, Dudley, Sean Timmins, 38, of Brewood Road, Coven cov·en n. An assembly of 13 witches. [Perhaps from Middle English covent, assembly, convent; see convent. , Staffordshire, and Leonard Hawthorne, 52, of Penn Road, Wolverhampton. The riot came five months after Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin was shot dead on the M40 motorway as he headed home from the Bulldog bash biker festival in August 2007. Seven members of the Outlaws were later jailed for life. CAPTION(S): Convicted: Hell's Angel Mark Larner. |
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