HIS time spent as the treasurer of the Sydney Nomads was relatively short, but during those seven months Justin Bell managed to fit a lot in.
Bell, 29, of Gillieston Heights, was one of four men who brutally bashed a rival for "talking shit about the Nomads" during a home invasion at West Wallsend, was at Freemans Waterhole when a Nomads nominee was kneecapped for using methamphetamine and handed over information that led to another bloody home invasion at Edgeworth.
It was a seven-month organised crime wave, led by Bell, Nomads sergeant at arms Jason Bailey and vice president James Dylan Boardman.
And, finally, after more than two years and dozens of adjournments, all three men have now pleaded guilty.
And this week, both Bell and Boardman pleaded guilty to their roles.
Boardman had his bail revoked, while Bell will remain behind bars until the pair are sentenced in November.
It was the night of September 3, 2021 and Bailey, Bell and Boardman were at a house at Greta when Bell told the group a man had been "talking shit" about the Nomads.
"It's not OK and something has to be done about it," Bailey said.
Bell wanted to fight the man one on one, but after a vote the group piled into a car and headed to the man's house at West Wallsend where they kicked in the front door and brutally assaulted him, leaving blood on the walls.
Bell and Boardman were both armed with extendable batons, while a fourth man had a baseball bat, according to court documents.
The men believed the victim had claimed he was a high-ranking member of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang and Bailey urged them to "find any Rebels stuff you can", but they came up empty-handed.
The victim escaped and hid in a nearby backyard and called triple zero, before he was taken to hospital.
In March, 2022 Bell received a call from a man in jail who passed on the address of a woman who owed money to the Nomads.
Bell was later involved in discussions with the group about confronting the woman and on March 8 Bailey and another man smashed their way into a home in Laurel Avenue at Edgeworth armed with a Luger pistol and a machete.
Bailey had tried to fire the pistol through the window, but it had malfunctioned and the other man then kicked down the door.
The other gang member punched the woman in the face, knocking her down where Bailey kicked her in the head and waved the pistol around.
And then, either Bailey or the other bikie, used a machete to slash the woman's leg, leaving a deep gash that required surgery.
The pair were looking for cash, the proceeds of a drug supply enterprise, but left empty handed.
It was a month later - on April 8 - that Bailey used the Luger to shoot a 27-year-old Nomads nominee above the right knee on a remote stretch of Wakefield Road at Freemans Waterhole.
The nominee had been lured to the location for a club meeting, but was instead subject to "discipline" for breaking club rules by using methamphetamine.
The nominee had been pulled over by police on the way to Sydney and tested positive for the drug, leaving another gang member stranded on the side of the M1 while he was taken to the police station.
"You know you've f---ed up," Bailey told the nominee.
The nominee replied "yeah" and Bailey shot him just above the knee.
Bell didn't fire the shot, but was there at Freemans Waterhole with the other gang members to assault the nominee for breaking club rules.
Screaming in pain, the nominee asked Bell "is everything all good now?" to which Bell replied: "yeah, if you keep your mouth shut".
