Swiss court confirms guilty verdicts against Hells Angels and Bandidos bikers
A total of 22 rival gang members were initially accused of taking part in a fight in Belp, southeast of Bern, in May 2019 that resulted in numerous injuries. Six were later found guilty and given suspended prison sentences.
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Listening: Swiss court confirms guilty verdicts against Hells Angels and Bandidos bikers
Bern's High Court on Thursday confirmed guilty verdicts against six Hells Angels and Bandidos bikers who had been involved in a violent clash outside the Swiss capital in 2019.
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Most of the defendants had been given suspended prison sentences in June 2022, which they had appealed against.
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Bern bikers sent to prison for violent brawl
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A trial into a violent clash between the Hells Angels and Bandidos biker gangs in 2019 has resulted in prison sentences of varying lengths.
Thursday’s case took place amid a huge security operation. Cantonal police officers were deployed in and around the courthouse.
But there were no reported incidents on Thursday, as members of the two rival motorcycle gangs were not present in Bern, the Keystone-SDA news agency reported.
At the start of the first trial in 2022, around 200 bikers from both gangs rode to the Swiss capital. The police used rubber bullets and water cannons to keep the two camps apart.
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