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Ex-Hells Angel Thomas O’Connor sentenced to home detention for Salisbury North drive-by shooting
A judge has slammed how vigilante justice is “extremely dangerous” but still let the Hells Angel who fired shots in a revenge drive-by shooting gone wrong go free.

Lucy Rutherford
July 14, 2022 - 6:02PM
The Messenger

A tradie who fired shots at the wrong house in an intended act of revenge has been given a chance by a judge to get off the drugs and turn his life around.

Former Hells Angels OMCG member, Thomas Mortiz O’Connor, 32, was in the middle of an ice addiction when he fired the shots in an act of retribution.

Thomas Wilshire Patterson, 29, O’Connor’s girlfriend, Natalie Marie Pilkington, 27, and Mr Patterson’s girlfriend, Lilli Mae Trenerry, 27, are also accused of being involved in the mistaken shooting.

The Adelaide District Court on Friday heard O’Connor fired bullets into the garage door of a Salisbury North property on November 26, 2020.

“This drive-by shooting had been planned,” Judge Liesl Kudelka said during sentencing.

“Such a planned act of retribution is bad enough but in addition you all got the wrong house.

“That in itself demonstrates how dangerous this so-called vigilante justice is.”

During O’Connor’s bail application last year, the court heard CCTV footage showed O’Connor, Ms Pilkington and Ms Trenerry at the Lyell McEwin Hospital shortly after the alleged shooting, where Ms Pilkington was treated for a gunshot wound to her thigh.

“O’Connor says they were walking when a black car drove past and fired shots at them, one of which hit Pilkington in the hip,” a prosecutor said at the time.

The court also previously heard Ms Trenerry allegedly orchestrated the group to perform the shooting to take revenge for her brother.

O’Connor, of Mile End, pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm to injure, annoy or frighten a person.

Ms Trenerry, of Morphett Vale, Mr Patterson, of Brahma Lodge and Ms Pilkington, of Mile End, pleaded not guilty to the same charge at an earlier hearing and will face trial at a later date.

O’Connor also pleaded guilty to being present with two or more criminal organisation participants – at a meeting with active Hells Angel Jake Diesing, when O’Connor tried to leave the Hells Angels, the court heard.

Diesing was having dinner at the Somerset Hotel at Para Hills with a friend on December 28, 2020, when O’Connor and Patterson joined him.

Diesing was sentenced for the meeting to three months and 15 days to be served on home detention.

However, he appealed against his sentence and a decision has been reserved.

Patterson, who was already serving a sentence of two years and six months for drug offending, had his non-parole period extended by two months.

The court heard O’Connor left the Hells Angels, which he had been a member of for four years, in February 2021.

David Edwardson QC, for O’Connor, previously told the court there had been a “massive transformation” in O’Connor, who was an “ice addict”.

The court heard the offending had been a “wake up call” for O’Connor, who had plans to work as a labourer once released.

Judge Kudelka said she accepted O’Connor was affected by drugs at the time of the offending but it was no excuse.

“Shooting bullets into a house in the early hours of the morning is extremely dangerous,” she said.

Judge Kudelka sentenced O’Connor to one year and 10 months, with a non-parole period of eight months.

Taking into account the eight months O’Connor had spent in custody and his good family support, she ordered the sentence be served on home detention.

“If you do not put the work in to stay on this better path … you will almost certainly serve the remaining sentence in jail,” Judge Kudelka said.

Jimmy_041 wrote:One year & 10 months for:
1. having a gun whilst banned
2. doing a drive by
3. shooting his girlfriend
4. already got form

Ex-Hells Angel Thomas O’Connor sentenced to home detention for Salisbury North drive-by shooting
A judge has slammed how vigilante justice is “extremely dangerous” but still let the Hells Angel who fired shots in a revenge drive-by shooting gone wrong go free.

Lucy Rutherford
July 14, 2022 - 6:02PM
The Messenger

A tradie who fired shots at the wrong house in an intended act of revenge has been given a chance by a judge to get off the drugs and turn his life around.

Former Hells Angels OMCG member, Thomas Mortiz O’Connor, 32, was in the middle of an ice addiction when he fired the shots in an act of retribution.

Thomas Wilshire Patterson, 29, O’Connor’s girlfriend, Natalie Marie Pilkington, 27, and Mr Patterson’s girlfriend, Lilli Mae Trenerry, 27, are also accused of being involved in the mistaken shooting.

The Adelaide District Court on Friday heard O’Connor fired bullets into the garage door of a Salisbury North property on November 26, 2020.

“This drive-by shooting had been planned,” Judge Liesl Kudelka said during sentencing.

“Such a planned act of retribution is bad enough but in addition you all got the wrong house.

“That in itself demonstrates how dangerous this so-called vigilante justice is.”

During O’Connor’s bail application last year, the court heard CCTV footage showed O’Connor, Ms Pilkington and Ms Trenerry at the Lyell McEwin Hospital shortly after the alleged shooting, where Ms Pilkington was treated for a gunshot wound to her thigh.

“O’Connor says they were walking when a black car drove past and fired shots at them, one of which hit Pilkington in the hip,” a prosecutor said at the time.

The court also previously heard Ms Trenerry allegedly orchestrated the group to perform the shooting to take revenge for her brother.

O’Connor, of Mile End, pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm to injure, annoy or frighten a person.

Ms Trenerry, of Morphett Vale, Mr Patterson, of Brahma Lodge and Ms Pilkington, of Mile End, pleaded not guilty to the same charge at an earlier hearing and will face trial at a later date.

O’Connor also pleaded guilty to being present with two or more criminal organisation participants – at a meeting with active Hells Angel Jake Diesing, when O’Connor tried to leave the Hells Angels, the court heard.

Diesing was having dinner at the Somerset Hotel at Para Hills with a friend on December 28, 2020, when O’Connor and Patterson joined him.

Diesing was sentenced for the meeting to three months and 15 days to be served on home detention.

However, he appealed against his sentence and a decision has been reserved.

Patterson, who was already serving a sentence of two years and six months for drug offending, had his non-parole period extended by two months.

The court heard O’Connor left the Hells Angels, which he had been a member of for four years, in February 2021.

David Edwardson QC, for O’Connor, previously told the court there had been a “massive transformation” in O’Connor, who was an “ice addict”.

The court heard the offending had been a “wake up call” for O’Connor, who had plans to work as a labourer once released.

Judge Kudelka said she accepted O’Connor was affected by drugs at the time of the offending but it was no excuse.

“Shooting bullets into a house in the early hours of the morning is extremely dangerous,” she said.

Judge Kudelka sentenced O’Connor to one year and 10 months, with a non-parole period of eight months.

Taking into account the eight months O’Connor had spent in custody and his good family support, she ordered the sentence be served on home detention.

“If you do not put the work in to stay on this better path … you will almost certainly serve the remaining sentence in jail,” Judge Kudelka said.

Jimmy_041 wrote:My mail is he was looking at a minimum 10 years

locky801 wrote:one must remember if ever locked up plead not guilty then go to court, state you were abused as a kid which then led you into a life of drugs however i have now woken up to myself and you will walk away close to scott free

RB wrote:

locky801 wrote:one must remember if ever locked up plead not guilty then go to court, state you were abused as a kid which then led you into a life of drugs however i have now woken up to myself and you will walk away close to scott free

"Finding God" usually helps as well.

DOC wrote:You sure he shot someone?

DOC wrote:I was thinking she was shot by someone else and that led to the retaliation.

Upon rereading yeh he most likely got her as well.

I'll see you Locky and RB at this weeks star chamber meeting. Bring a bottle.

Jimmy_041 wrote:

DOC wrote:I was thinking she was shot by someone else and that led to the retaliation.

Upon rereading yeh he most likely got her as well.

I'll see you Locky and RB at this weeks star chamber meeting. Bring a bottle.

In the words of the late (& great) Paul Rofe - can he do his home detention at your place?

Armchair expert wrote:I fell for the governments turning 31 private health insurance scam

I've been thinking and I've come to the conclusion private health insurance if your healthy is a complete scam.

"Pay us $1250 a year and you get $750 of dental services"

what a great deal!

*Makes sense if you do it for tax purposes though.

rant over!