Tribute to 'true angel' gun victim
The fiancee of a murdered biker has paid tribute to her "true angel" as his seven killers await sentencing.
Gerry Tobin, 35, from Mottingham, south east London, died almost instantly when he was shot as he rode along the M40 on August 12 2007.
A jury at Birmingham Crown Court returned the last two of seven guilty murder verdicts.
After eight days of deliberations, jurors convicted Karl Garside, 45, and Ian Cameron, 46, both from Coventry, of murdering the Hells Angel. Both were cleared of possessing a shotgun.
Four other members of the Outlaws biker gang were found guilty of murdering the mechanic earlier this week.
Simon Turner, 41, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and Dane Garside, Karl Garside's 42-year-old brother from Coventry, were found guilty on Monday of killing Mr Tobin and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.
Malcolm Bull, a 53-year-old road sweeper from Milton Keynes, and Dean Taylor, 47, from Coventry, were found guilty of murder and possessing a shotgun on Tuesday and Wednesday. A seventh defendant, 44-year-old Coventry man Sean Creighton, pleaded guilty to murder and firearms charges before the trial began.
Gerry Tobin's mother Maria Hutton, 54, who had flown over from the family's native Canada for the trial, paid an emotionally charged tribute to her son.
Fighting back tears, she said: "Gerard Michael's life was heinously taken and the reasons why are embedded in our minds and etched in our hearts. For what? A patch of clothing. I'm going to say it again, for what? For a patch of clothing this beautiful man's life was taken."
All seven men will be sentenced on Friday at Birmingham Crown Court.
