CLUB |
BADGE |
ACTOR |
CHARATER |
BANDIDOS |
|
Callan Mulvey
Maeve Dermody
Damian Walshe-Howling
Anthony Hayes
Luke Hemsworth
Fletcher Humphrys
Sam Parsonson
Aaron Fa'aoso
Richard Sutherland
Peter Flaherty
| Anthony "Snoddy" Spencer
Lee Denholm
Mario "Chopper" Cianter
Colin "Caesar" Campbell
Gregory "Shadow" Campbell
Phillip "Bull" Campbell
Mark "Junior" Shorthall
Rua "Roo" Rophia
William "Davo" Littlewood
Tony "Lard" Melville |
CLUB |
BADGE |
ACTOR |
CHARATER |
COMANCHERO |
|
Matthew Nable
Susie Porter
Richard Cawthorne
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Luke Ford
Nathaniel Dean
Todd Lasance
Manu Bennett
Trent Baines
Pier Carthew |
William "Jock" Ross
Vanessa Ross
Robert "Foggy" Lane
Phillip "Leroy" Jeschke
Ian "Snow" White
Kevork "Kraut" Tomasian
"Kiddo"
Raymond "Sunshine" Kucler
Ivan "Sparra" Romcek
Tony "Dog" McCoy |
Premise
The six-episode series dramatizes the story of the Milperra massacre, when the Bandidos and the Comanchero motorcycle clubs went to war on Father's Day, Sunday 2 September 1984. The massacre had its beginnings after a group of Comanchero’s broke away and formed the first Bandidos Motorcycle Club chapter in Australia. This resulted in intense rivalry between the two chapters. At a public swap meet at the Viking Tavern at Milperra, New South Wales, a brief but violent battle ensued with seven people shot dead, including a 14-year-old innocent female bystander. A further 28 people were wounded with 20 requiring hospitalisation.
Each episode starts with a quote stated by Justice Adrian Roden when the clubs went before the New South Wales Supreme Court; "As patriotism can lead to jingoism and mateship can lead to cronyism, so bikie club loyalty can lead to bikie club war."
1. “Episode One”
Alone and adrift after his discharge from the Navy, Anthony Spencer discovers the seductive world of the outlaw bikie and the formidable force that is William "Jock" Ross - Supreme Commander of the Comancheros.
2. “Episode Two”
Now a fully-fledged member, Anthony "Snoddy" Spencer does his best to calm bristling egos when Mario "Chopper" Cianter, Colin "Caesar" Campbell and his brothers Gregory ("Shadow") and Phillip ("Bull") threaten to become a club within a club.
3. “Episode Three”
After splitting into two chapters, tensions with Jock's western chapter make a mockery of club loyalty. Snoddy and the city chapter reject their Comanchero colours and join the Bandidos forming the first ever chapter in Australia.
4. “Episode Four”
Hostilities between the two clubs intensify with Jock declaring war on the Bandidos. Forcing the Bandidos to retaliate.
5. “Episode Five”
Father’s Day, 1984. A swap meet at the Viking Tavern in Milperra becomes the moment of truth for both clubs as they square off in preparation of a bloody battle.
6. “Episode Six”
The confrontation at Milperra leaves six bikers and one innocent bystander dead ("Chopper" & "Shadow" of the Bandidos. "Foggy", "Leroy", "Sparrow" & "Dog" of the Comanchero and 14-year-old girl Leanne Walters).
Many of the members from both clubs are imprisoned as they await trial. The stresses and guilt are too much to bare for Snoddy, he relinquishes his Presidency to "Bull" Campbell before hanging himself in his prison cell.
57 Bandidos & Comancheros are handed lengthy sentences for various convictions. Due to serious misdirection's to the jury by trial judge Justice Roden, the Court of Appeal quashed the 'murder' convictions and the majority of bikers were released immediately.
Jock served a total of five years and three months for his part in the massacre. His time served was the most of anyone involved.
7. “Sixty Minutes - The Father's Day Massacre”
Reporter: Michael Usher
Reporter: Michael Usher
Bravery. Courage. Defiance. Heartbreak. They're not words you normally attach to Father's Day but Sunday, September 2nd 1984 was a Father's Day like no other. It was the day two rival bikie gangs went to war in the car park of a Sydney pub, leaving dozens of people wounded and seven dead, including an innocent 15 year old girl. The notorious Milperra Massacre remains the worst SINGLE outbreak of bikie violence the world has ever seen. This Father's Day marks 30 years since that bloodbath stunned Australia. In this special edition of 60 Minutes, Michael Usher takes viewers inside the massacre like never before.
- Linda Motton was 22 years old and sitting in the front seat of a car, when the violence erupted. Her WINDSCREEN was shattered, and she suffered shrapnel wounds to her face and head, but Linda bravely crawled under the car and started taking photos. Those photos were crucial to the police investigation. Linda has endured decades of death threats, but this Sunday she breaks her 30 year silence.
- 15 year old Leanne Walters was fatally shot, caught in the crossfire. On 60 Minutes, for the first time, her father Rex reveals his 30 year heartbreak, including the Father's Day present Leanne never got to give him.
- Detectives John Garvey and Mick McGann who courageously stormed the car park and disarmed the bikies, unveil never before seen evidence that led to the arrest and conviction of 30 bikies in Australia's longest criminal trial.
- Jock Ross, the feared bikie boss, who's survived numerous attacks on his life, near fatal shootings, and served time for murder, sits down for his first in-depth interview about what happened that day.