Three members of the Bandidos bikie gang have admitted to sparking two "gratuitously violent" brawls at a suicide prevention fundraiser at the Minmi Hotel before subsequent police raids allegedly uncovered firearms and drugs.
Four members of the gang, Blair John Kelly, 36, who police say is the sergeant-at-arms of the Newcastle chapter of the Bandidos, Harley Lamotte, 30, Dylan Alwyn Griffin, 30, and Koda Warren Tredinnick, 26, appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Thursday accused of starting two wild brawls during a function at the Minmi pub on the afternoon of February 18 this year.
