Milperra: The Road to Justice

by Ron Stephenson

On September 2, 1984, the Comancheros and Bandidos motorcycle gangs waged war against each other in the car park of the Viking Tavern, Milperra. Seven people were killed. Three weeks later NSW Police simultaneously arrested 43 bikies, charging them with murder. The trial was the largest joint trial in NSW judicial history.

Genres: True Crime

158 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Wombat · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fabulous account of the Milperra Massacre from the leading investigator. I was only a kid when it happened but it was always talked about for years. It was good to hear the story from someone that lived it.

[Simeon Readingape]

SIMEON READINGAPE SAYS: Ex-Detective Superintendent Stephenson quotes from Justice Roden's 17 page decision thusly.

p.148 Throughout the sentence hearing, I sought a greater understanding than I was able to obtain of the nature of the clubs and the relationship between their respective members.
There was, I thought, a very good reason for that. Some are in their thirties and forties, have no significant prior convictions and have good family and work backgrounds. I felt that there had to be some explanation for the marked and perplexing difference between their behaviour in other contexts. I also wanted to know more about the clubs themselves and what it is about the way of life that they offer that led these people, many of whom would in all other respects be regarded as slaw abiding and responsible citizens of commendable character, to indulge in what on the face of it is irresponsible, anti-social behaviour of extreme violence, bringing with it obvious danger to human life, and in the facts of this case, the tragic consequences of seven deaths."