Biker planted pipe bomb under van linked to rival during ‘bizarre’ gang feud

A tattooed biker who planted a tube weaponry nether a van belonging to a rival’s dada during a ‘bizarre’ motorcycle pack feud has been jailed.

Daniel Laponder, 43, targeted David Rollo’s work conveyance parked up extracurricular his location successful Lennoxtown, East Dumbartonshire, connected June 8 this year.

Mr Rollo’s son, besides named David, is simply a subordinate of the Blue Angels Motorcycle Club – claimed to beryllium the oldest ‘outlaw’ biker club successful Europe.

Laponder utilized to beryllium to the aforesaid unit earlier splintering disconnected and forming his ain Mad Dogs Motorcycle Club.

Glasgow’s High Court heard the 2 clubs are ‘engaged successful a feud’ with each other.

Laponder was aboriginal recovered with a shotgun which helium kept connected his barge wherever helium lived successful Kirkintilloch.

He pleaded blameworthy successful September to wilful occurrence raising and possession of the shotgun without the authorization of the Secretary of State oregon Scottish Ministers.

Judge Lord Arthurson said the inheritance to the offences were ‘somewhat bizarre stemming from a feud betwixt the Blue Angels and Mad Dogs aft you near the Blue Angels’.

The justice added: ‘A precise important custodial disposal is inevitable successful this case.’

An earlier proceeding was told Mr Rollo Sr parked his BT Openreach Vauxhall Vivaro van adjacent his location connected June 7.

Late the pursuing night, an disconnected work occurrence combatant was told of a conveyance which was ablaze connected Benvue Road.

Prosecutor Lorraine Glancy KC said: ‘He attended to measure the concern and saw the conveyance connected fire.

‘He observed a instrumentality made up from bottles, wires and an evident electrical constituent with a artillery compartment.’

Fire crews attended and recovered a instrumentality lying underneath the beforehand of the van.

The tribunal heard the crude instrumentality consisted of 2 integrative bottles and copper tube taped together, attached to an RF receiver with and an antenna.

A large incidental was aboriginal declared which resulted successful an exigency evacuation process arsenic good a 100 metre cordon until the instrumentality was made safe.

Due to the quality and severity of the incident, teams from Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue, the Scottish Ambulance work and a Royal Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal portion attended.

Ms Glancy said: ‘At 5.45am, confirmation was received that the instrumentality was a viable tube weaponry which had been detonated

‘There were traces of accelerant located astatine the beforehand offside instrumentality and an country underneath the engine.’

Police inquiries led officers to the Mad Dogs Motorcycle Club Facebook relationship which featured Laponder and different antheral with a Range Rover.

The aforesaid Range Rover was caught connected video doorbell footage arsenic the conveyance driven by the perpetrators.

The brace adjacent posted themselves connected Facebook connected the time of the onslaught with the caption: ‘Hooked up with this reprobate today, absorbing stuff.’

Laponder and the different antheral purchased duct portion and a vessel of h2o which were identical to those utilized successful the making of the bomb. Laponder’s DNA and fingerprints were besides recovered from the bottles and tape.

A forensic probe connected the instrumentality recovered that it comprised of petrol and shot bearings with a distant activation attached to it.

When quizzed by officers, Laponder told detectives: ‘I’m not a Blue Angel anymore, I retired a twelvemonth ago.’

Laponder was asked astir the weaponry and replied: ‘Link the dots, we’ve been getting attacked each the time.

‘What is simply a distant detonator? It goes disconnected with a remote, possibly it was a changeable crossed the bow.’

A store linked to the Mad Dogs Motorcycle Club was raided and 2 distant firing systems akin to the 1 utilized successful the weaponry onslaught were recovered.

John Scullion KC, defending, told the tribunal determination had been targeted attacks by the rival pack successful the preceding months.

He added: ‘[Laponder] said it was his volition to extremity the feud by retaliating to those progressive successful the erstwhile incidents.

‘He accepts afloat work for his actions, and helium bitterly regrets his engagement successful the offences.

‘He expresses remorse which appears genuine and has penetration connected the interaction the offences person had connected his household arsenic good arsenic the wider community.’

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