Bikers jailed for airport brawl

The fighting broke out in January last year Seven members of two biker gangs have been jailed for six years each for their part in a mass brawl between two rival gangs at an airport. Up to 30 members of the Hells Angels and Outlaw biker groups clashed at Birmingham Airport last January, some wielding knuckledusters and hammers. An eighth man due to be sentenced has fled the country, Birmingham Crown Court heard. Four men are members of the Outlaws and three are with the Hells Angels. The fight started when a few gang members spotted a small group of rival bikers on the same flight back from Alicante, Spain, the court heard. Three injured They rang ahead for reinforcements who met them at the airport with various weapons, including a meat cleaver. Passengers had to take cover from the violence that ensued in the arrivals area. Three gang members were injured and one suffered a serious head injury. Four Outlaws - Mark Moseley, 46, of Orchard Rise, Sheldon, Birmingham; Neale Harrison, 46, of Bell Green Road, Coventry; Mark Price, 50, from Westbury Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire; and Jeremy Ball, 46, from Plant Street, Cheadle, Staffordshire; were found guilty of rioting in May. Three Hells Angels - Paul Arlett, 35, from Penn Road, Wolverhampton; Sean Timmins 38, from Briewood Road, Wolverhampton; and Leonard Hawthorne, 52, of Eve Lane, Dudley; were also found guilty of rioting last month. But the court heard on Friday that that Mark Larner, 47, from Penn Road, Wolverhampton, had left the UK for South Africa "with a substantial amount of money, and clearly is therefore at large". A warrant was issued for his arrest but he was not sentenced in his absence.