A MAN who had a top bearing the name of an outlaw bike club in his car has been jailed after attacking members of a rival motorcycle club.
Ian Ewing, 44, was convicted on Monday of attempting to murder and assaulting bikers on the A98 road near Cullen, Moray, on September 8 2018.
A top bearing the name ‘the Blue Angels’ was found in Ewing’s car upon inspection.
The Blue Angels claim to be the oldest outlaw motorcycling club in Scotland. It has been claimed that “Blue” stands for B*****ds, Lunatics Undesirables and Eccentrics.
A jury at the High Court in Edinburgh saw shocking video footage of Ewing and a group of accomplices, who have yet to be brought to justice, attacking members of the Nomads.
Jurors witnessed footage of Ewing and his sidekicks striking Colin Sutherland, John Sutherland, Edward Forrest and Nicky Syratt with a claw hammer, a tyre iron and a baseball bat.
Moments earlier Ewing had driven his Vauxhall Insignia at Colin Sutherland and collided with the motorcyclist forcing him to fall off his bike.
Jurors also saw Ewing and his accomplices use a knife to cut off waistcoats bearing the ‘Nomads’ name.
Police arrested Ewing shortly afterwards – he was in his car with a group of other men. When they searched his car, they found a hammer containing his DNA hidden beneath a passenger seat.
The head of the hammer also matched an indentation left on Mr Forrest’s helmet.
Detectives also discovered the ‘the Blue Angels’ clothing.
The Club – which was formed in Maryhill, Glasgow, – have been linked to a number of violent attacks since its formation in the early 1960s.
Officers were unable to establish whether the top belonged to Ewing or any of the other men who were in the car.
The story emerged after jurors convicted Ewing, of Aberdeen, on a charge of attempting to murder Colin Sutherland and of assaulting John Sutherland to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
He was also convicted of assaulting Mr Forrest to his severe injury and to the danger of his life. Ewing was also convicted of assaulting Mr Syratt to his injury and danger of his life.
Ewing’s co-accused, Patrick Noble, 52, was acquitted on the same charges after the jury returned not proven verdicts.
Kyle Urquhart, 22, and Ian Yeomans, 57, were also acquitted earlier in the trial.
After hearing how Ewing had previous convictions for road traffic offences, Lady Scott deferred sentence and remanded him in custody.
She said: “I am calling for a background report and I will deal with you in this court on March 17.”
During proceedings, the court heard from 25-year-old Colin Sutherland. He told proceedings that he and a group of friends had spent the afternoon of September 8 riding around the north east of Scotland.
They had stopped in Elgin for a break at 4pm and then started riding again shortly afterwards.
He said that as they approached Cullen, he was “impacted” by a car and that he “came off”.
Mr Sutherland, whose address was given in court as being care of the Police, said he couldn’t remember very much about the incident as he had lost consciousness.
He told prosecution lawyer Andrew Bowen QC that he had a “vague memory” of hearing his club waistcoat being “cut off” his body moments after being struck by the car.
He said: “When I came too my waistcoat was off me so I assume it was taken off me.
“I have a vague memory of hearing it being cut.”
Mr Bowen asked him what was written on the waistcoat. Mr Sutherland replied: “Nomads. North East Scotland.”
Nicky Syratt,34, said he was repeatedly struck with iron bars and hammers by men who wanted to “break” his knees.
He told Mr Bowen that he was struck from behind after seeing one of his friends being beaten up by four men.
He said he was going to help his pal when he was assaulted.
Mr Syratt added: “The last thing I can remember was a young guy telling me how he was going to kill me.
“I went in and out of consciousness.”
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Source: The Scottish Sun