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WA gang members charged over evidence
NINE members and associates of the Coffin Cheaters outlaw motorcycle gang face charges of lying to Western Australia's corruption watchdog.
WA police say the nine will be summonsed to face 29 charges of giving false and misleading evidence to the Corruption and Crime Commission. Two of them face additional charges of disclosing a restricted matter.The commission's private hearings resulted from an application by WA Police to use exceptional powers during continuing investigations into outlaw motorcycles gangs.
If convicted, the gang members face penalties of five years' jail and a $100,000 fine on the false and misleading Evidence charges and three years and $60,000 for the Disclosing Restricted Matter charges.
Three of those charged are due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on July 29 and the other six on August 5.
The charges follow the recent sentencing of five members of the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang to two years' jail each for contempt of the CCC as a result of their appearances at private hearings.
Police said dozens of outlaw motorcycle gang members had been charged recently with about 60 offences involving seizures of illicit drugs, firearms and cash, and more than $1.3 million in assets had been frozen.
