Australia - THE feud between two Sydney bikie clubs over the defection of a senior Nomad has become so heated that neighbours of his Newtown tattoo parlour have been forced to move.
The former head of the Nomads Motorcycle Club, Scott Orrock, joined the Hells Angels on December 2, bringing with him an entire Nomads chapter of about a dozen men.
Defecting from a club is seen as one of the greatest breaches of etiquette and has led to some of the worst outbreaks of bikie violence, including the Milperra massacre in 1984 and the 2006 "ballroom blitz", a brawl in Queensland between the Finks and the Hells Angels during a boxing match. Three men were shot and three stabbed.
Since defecting, Mr Orrock has been the apparent target of intimidation. His clubhouse was broken in....
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