Biker denies claim of gang title

Gerry Tobin was shot after attending a biker festival

A man accused of murdering a biker who was shot dead on a motorway has denied he was a "sergeant at arms" of a gang accused of the killing.

Simon Turner, 41, of Nuneaton, is allegedly a member of the Outlaws who are accused of killing Hells Angel Gerry Tobin on the M40 in Warwickshire.

Mr Tobin, 35, of Mottingham, south-east London, was killed as he rode home from a festival in August last year.

Six men deny murder and firearms charges. A seventh has admitted murder.

Earlier, Mr Turner told Birmingham Crown Court that on the day of the shooting he had handed over his mobile phone to a man who has admitted the murder.

Accused 'shunned'

Under questioning, he said he had not fired a shot at Mr Tobin and was not in the car from which the biker had been shot at from.

He also told the court that fellow accused Malcolm Bull was being shunned by his co-defendants for making statements to the police.

He said Mr Bull had "turned his back on everything he was" by speaking to police.

Mr Tobin had been returning from the annual Bulldog Bash festival in Long Marston, near Stratford-upon-Avon, when he was shot.

Mr Turner, Mr Bull, 53, Karl Garside, 45, Dane Garside, 42, Dean Taylor, 47, and 46-year-old Ian Cameron have all denied murder and firearms offences.

Their full addresses cannot be published for legal reasons but they are from Coventry, Nuneaton and Milton Keynes.

Sean Creighton, 44, of Coventry, has admitted murder and firearms offences and will be sentenced later.

The trial has been adjourned until Friday.